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The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Dodo Press)

The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Dodo Press)

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ISBN10: 1409986519
ISBN13: 9781409986515
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Dec 11 2009
Pages: 706
Weight: 2.25
Height: 1.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Samuel Pepys, FRS (1633-1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and subsequently King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalization of the Royal Navy. The detailed private diary he kept during 1660-1669 was first published in the nineteenth century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.

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