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Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 54

Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 54

Sam... Pepys Richard Griffin Braybrooke / SamPepys Richard Griffin Braybrooke / Samuel Pepys Richard Griffin Braybrooke

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9789354944123
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A jewel for the curious mind and the patient collector alike. A window into a bustling, perilous London, where the sink or swim of a city under the Restoration shimmered with wit, danger, and daily life.This volume opens a precise, intimate record from Samuel Pepys’s diary, placing readers inside the river-streaked Thames, smoky taverns, and the corridors of power. It blends sharp observation of naval and political affairs with a lucid, human chronicle of ordinary moments-meals, rumours, music, and the small acts of stubborn endurance that kept a city alive. The form is clear and accessible, yet it speaks with the reverberant voice of seventeenth century england, offering a continuous thread through restoration era commentary and the broader currents of restoration england london. For researchers and students, it is an invaluable anchor within a historical diary collection, a dependable reference within academic material and a touchstone for those pursuing a comparable diaries anthology.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, a complete diary excerpt collection that will resonate with casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike. A must for historians, bibliophiles, and anyone drawn to the chronicles of 1660s london.

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