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The Works of Samuel Pepys
by Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703)
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Near Fine
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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Roslyn, NY: Black's Readers Service Company. Hardcover_cloth. Used - Near Fine. 5.5"x7.63" 332 pgs. Light red boards w/gilt on front; Black title frame w/gilt letters inside on spine. Spine straight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, no DJ. Samuel Pepys 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 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. Source: Goodreads
His surname is usually pronounced /'pi:ps/ ('peeps').
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. Source: Goodreads
His surname is usually pronounced /'pi:ps/ ('peeps').
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- Blacks Bookshop
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- Title
- The Works of Samuel Pepys
- Author
- Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black's Readers Service Company
- Place of Publication
- Roslyn, NY
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