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Samuel Pepys
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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 … |
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James Lees-Milne
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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… |
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Diary
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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… |
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The curious world of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
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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… |
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A life discarded
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Alexander Masters |
"An unorthodox investigative literary biography of a mysterious graphomaniac whose nearly 150 diaries are rescued from a dumpster by the author"-- |
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Alan Clark
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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… |
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Samuel Pepys
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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… |
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The Great Romantic
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Elizabeth Louisa "Lily" Moresby |
The tempestuous story of the great Samuel Pepys and his beautiful French Elizabeth Le Marchant de Saint Michel. |
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