Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
by Claire TOMALIN
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670885681
- ISBN 13
- 9780670885688
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Synopsis
Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London. This diary lies at the heart of Claire Tomalin's biography. Yet the use she makes of it - and of other hitherto unexamined material - is startlingly fresh and original. Within and beyond the narrative of Pepys's extraordinary career, she explores his inner life - his relations with women, his fears and ambitions, his political shifts, his agonies and his delights.
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- Bookseller
- Ystwyth Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036316
- Title
- Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
- Author
- Claire TOMALIN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670885681
- ISBN 13
- 9780670885688
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 544
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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