Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

CD Edition

by Claire Tomalin
narrated by Patricia Gallimore

Genre: Biography
Age Group: Adult

Book Reference: DIR1165
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6259 2

Duration: 19h (approx.) on 17 CDs

Publication Date: April 2008

Synopsis

Samuel Pepys was a naval administrator who was well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful. In this full-scale biography, which draws on Pepys' famous diary, Claire Tomalin examines his childhood and young adulthood and moves through the famous diary years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting up of a new household.
Although she uses the diary as a source, Tomalin goes beyond its narrative to the inner man, whilst at the same time revealing what life was like for a young man in Restoration London. Explored within are Pepys' relations with women, his fears and ambitions, his political shifts and his agonies and delights.
 
 
 

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Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

CD Edition