Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F. R. S, Vol. 2: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Samuel Pepys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0259314838 ISBN 13: 9780259314837

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F. R. S, Vol. 2: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II

Noticed in v. I., p. 70. When only eighteen years of age, he charged with his gallant father at the battle of Edgehill. His mother was first cousin to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and to John Ashburnham; and his great uncle, Sir Thomas Comp ton, had been the third husband of the Duke's mother, Mary, Countess of Buckingham.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0259314838
• ISBN 13: 9780259314837
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 456