The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 8, 1667 - Hardcover

Pepys, Samuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713515589 ISBN 13: 9780713515589

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1974

Synopsis

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume VIII - 1667

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Review

'The Latham-Matthews transcription of Pepys' Diary is one of the glories of contemporary English publishing.' The Times 'The pleasure of Pepys -- of reading him -- is his own pleasure in experience! Pepys' diary is the cheerful self-report, not of the man eminent in naval history, not of the historical witness, but of the unobjectionable hedonist.' Guardian 'Here, in one of the finest feats in all the long history of scholarship, is Pepys' Diary, once and for all. Exegi monumentum aere perennius.' Observer 'The editors have achieved the impossible! one can now read the Diary perfectly easily, month by month, year by year! here at last is a really learned edtiion where the learning is put at the disposal of the layman.' New Statesman 'It isn't often that one encounters a publication -- especially of this magnitude -- which achieves complete perfection, but there is no doubt that this does.' Sir Arthur Bryant

About the Author

Samuel Pepys was the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II. His influence and reforms were important in the early professionalization of the Royal Navy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713515589
• ISBN 13: 9780713515589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 626
• Editor: Latham Robert, Matthews William