Samuel Pepys : the unequalled self / Claire Tomalin
2002, 1st edition. London : Viking. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #428444
ISBN: 0670885681
Physical description: xxxix, 499 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents: Pepys Family Tree -- Map 1. The London Dwellings of Samuel Pepys -- Map 2. Huntingdon, Hinchingbrooke and Brampton -- pt. 1. 1633-1660. 1. The Elected Son. 2. A Schoolboy's War: Huntingdon and St. Paul's. 3. Cambridge and Clerking. 4. Love and Pain. 5. A House in Axe Yard. 6. A Diary -- pt. 2. 1660-1669. 7. Changing Sides. 8. Families. 9. Work. 10. Jealousy. 11. Death and Plague. 12. War. 13. Marriage. 14. The King. 15. The Fire. 16. Three Janes. 17. The Secret Scientist. 18. Speeches and Stories. 19. Surprise and Disorder -- pt. 3. 1669-1703. 20. After the Diary. 21. Public and Private Life. 22. Plots. 23. Travels for the Stuarts. 24. Whirligigs. 25. The Jacobite. 26. A Journey to be Made. Subjects: Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703. Great Britain. Royal Navy Officials and employees ; Biography. Authors, English Early modern, 1500-1700 ; Biography. Cabinet officers Great Britain ; Biography. English diaries History and criticism.
Price: €10.95