The Diary of Samuel Pepys -1666 - Covering The Great Plague, The Four Days' Battle and the Great Fire of London. Experience history' through Samuel Pepy's legendary diary.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys -1666 - Covering The Great Plague, The Four Days' Battle and the Great Fire of London. Experience history' through Samuel Pepy's legendary diary.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys -1666 - Covering The Great Plague, The Four Days' Battle and the Great Fire of London. Experience history' through Samuel Pepy's legendary diary. by Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys Diary - 1666. Experience life through Samuel Pepys diary as he witnesses some of history's great events, including the Great Fire of London and the Great Plague of London. "Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down tonight by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all Fish-street, by London Bridge. So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower, and there got up upon one of the high places, Sir J. Robinson's little son going up with me; and there I did see the houses at that end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire on this and the other side the end of the bridge; which, among other people, did trouble me for poor little Michell and our Sarah on the bridge. So down, with my heart full of trouble, to the Lieutenant of the Tower, who tells me that it begun this morning in the King's baker's' house in Pudding-lane"
Samuel Pepys was born on 23 February 1633, the son of a London tailor. He graduated from Cambridge in 1654, and in 1655 he married Elizabeth St Michel. He started work for Sir Edward Montague, a relation who later became the 1st Earl of Sandwich, and through him first went to sea. Pepys later found work with the Navy Office, eventually rising to become Secretary of the Admiralty. He also became a JP, an MP and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In later life he was accused of being part of the anti-monarchist 'Popish Plot', and was twice imprisoned for it. Upon his second release he retired to Clapham, then considered to be 'in the country'. Samuel Pepys died on 26 May 1703. His diaries, which had been written in code, were bequeathed to Magdalen College, Cambridge, where they can still be viewed.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781839451539 |
| ISBN 10 | 183945153X |
| Titre | The Diary of Samuel Pepys -1666 - Covering The Great Plague, The Four Days' Battle and the Great Fire of London. Experience history' through Samuel Pepy's legendary diary. |
| Auteur | Samuel Pepys |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Feedaread.com |
| Année de publication | 2021-08-29 |
| Nombre de pages | 266 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
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