Samuel Pepys: A Life - Hardcover

Coote, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0340751231 ISBN 13: 9780340751237

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2000

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This biography examines the career and private life of Samuel Pepys - the famous diarist. It illuminates the politics of his time and events such as the Fire of London and the Dutch Wars.

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‘A good story racily told' -- DAILY EXPRESS

‘A splendid new biography about England's most famous diarist. ... A revealing and extraordinary portrait' -- LANCASHIRE EVENING POST

‘A subtle and intelligent portrait, not just of the man, but of the volatile political milieu in which he moved' -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

‘An engaging and uncommonly well-written book' -- SCOTSMAN

‘Coote captures both the prudential and the pleasure-loving aspects of his subject's complex character' -- MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Stephen Coote has written a bright, breezy life that is balanced and readable and captures the man and his age' -- LITERARY REVIEW

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