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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Stephen Coote "Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), perhaps the most famous Englishman of the Restoration and one of the greatest writers of any period, is brought to life in this new biography. Pepys was a man of boundless … OL15861896W
James Lees-Milne James Lees-Milne Michael Bloch James Lees-Milne is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England's greatest architectural treasures. Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unas… OL18690041W
Diary Diary Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 is one of the mo… OL193961W
The curious world of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn The curious world of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn Margaret Willes "Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn vividly reveal in their diaries and correspondence the world of Restoration England. Now Margaret Willes uses the analogy of a cabinet of curiosities to provide a detail… OL19718782W
A life discarded A life discarded Alexander Masters "An unorthodox investigative literary biography of a mysterious graphomaniac whose nearly 150 diaries are rescued from a dumpster by the author"-- OL20047106W
Alan Clark Alan Clark Ion Trewin Alan Clark was a celebrated diarist, womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister in Margaret Thatcher's government. In this book Ion Trewin reveals the man behind the myth, describing the true exte… OL20907747W
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Harrison, Paul A series of biographies which introduces young readers to key figures in history. Each title examines the roles of work and family in a figure's life, as well as showing how important events in histo… OL24296693W
The Great Romantic The Great Romantic Elizabeth Louisa "Lily" Moresby The tempestuous story of the great Samuel Pepys and his beautiful French Elizabeth Le Marchant de Saint Michel. OL6804353W