Samuel Pepys: Volume 1: The Man in the Making - Paperback

by Arthur Bryant (Author)

In this first volume in his three-volume history of the life and career of Samuel Pepys, originally published in 1933, esteemed historian Arthur Bryant records Pepys's life from his birth to the end of his famous diary in 1669. Bryant draws on Pepys's diary and correspondence to illuminate events including Pepys' operation for bladder stones, the death of his wife Elizabeth and the Great Fire of London. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Pepys or Restoration politics.