Pepys: A Biography

Name: Pepys: A Biography
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Published by Sinclair Stevenson, 1991, hardcover, illustrated, index, 408 pages, 20 cms x 25.3 cms x 4 cms, ex library book wth usual labels & stickers, jacket protector, overall condition: good to very good.

Samuel Pepys FRS (1633 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament, but is most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade. Though he had no maritime experience, Pepys rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy.

The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.

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