Particular Friends by Guy De La Bedoyere

Particular Friends by Guy De La Bedoyere

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Zusammenfassung

`Whatever their dissimilarities, Evelyn and Pepys held each other in the highest esteem... Intriguing insight into the minds of two exceptional men whose contribution to our understanding of 17th-century England is incalculable.' SPECTATOR

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Particular Friends by Guy De La Bedoyere

Pepys and Evelyn first came to know each other during the Second Dutch War [1664-7]. As the plague raged in the London they loved, they were both preoccupied with the business of casualties from the war, Pepys as Clerk of the Acts, and Evelyn as a Commissioner for Sick and Wounded Seamen and Prisoners of War. Nearly forty years later they were still corresponding, exchanging details of remedies for the afflictions of old age. Their friendship, and their relations with others, as recorded in their famous diaries and letters, provide an exceptional opportunity to witness life at the heart of Restoration England. This book includes every letter which could be located (some of which have been lost for more than a hundred years), and the complete text of each has been newly transcribed and fully annotated. Evelyn and Pepys are revealed in fresh dimensions as many details of their lives and frendship emerge whichgo unmentioned, or are barely alluded to, in the diaries.GUY DE LA BEDOYERE, historian, archaeologist and broadcaster, has also published an edition of Evelyn's Diary and a collection of pieces by Evelyn, The Writings of John Evelyn.
Mutual affection shines through* SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
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ISBN 13 9780851156972
ISBN 10 0851156975
Titel Particular Friends
Autor Guy De La Bedoyere
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1998-10-22
Seitenanzahl 352
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