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Samuel Pepys: Volume 3 Arthur Bryant

Samuel Pepys: Volume 3 By Arthur Bryant

Samuel Pepys: Volume 3 by Arthur Bryant


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In this final volume in his three-volume history of the life and career of Samuel Pepys, originally published in 1935, esteemed historian Arthur Bryant records Pepys's life from 1683 to 1689, when he resigned as MP for Harwich and Secretary of the Admiralty.

Samuel Pepys: Volume 3 Summary

Samuel Pepys: Volume 3: The Saviour of the Navy by Arthur Bryant

In this final volume in his three-volume history of the life and career of Samuel Pepys, originally published in 1935, esteemed historian Arthur Bryant records Pepys's life from 1683 to 1689, when he resigned as MP for Harwich and Secretary of the Admiralty. Bryant draws on Pepys' unpublished manuscripts and notes from the Admiralty to illuminate these important years, when he was King's Secretary for the Admiralty under Charles II and James II. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Pepys or Restoration politics.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Voyage to Tangier; 2. African adventure; 3. Spanish holiday; 4. The great storm; 5. Recall to the admiralty; 6. A new reign; 7. The special commission; 8. The great secretary; 9. His orders hold; 10. Recreations of a virtuoso; 11. The gathering storm; 12. Invasion; 13. The Glorious Revolution; 14. The interregnum; 15. Defeat; Appendices; Abbreviations used; Bibliographical notes; Index.

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NLS9781107626263
9781107626263
1107626269
Samuel Pepys: Volume 3: The Saviour of the Navy by Arthur Bryant
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2013-12-05
474
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