Samuel Pepys by Stephen Coote

Samuel Pepys by Stephen Coote

Pepys was a highly energetic man and closely involved in the strenuous and exciting times. This is an irresistible combination of public events and private passions, but above all this is a story of warmth and achievement, of affections and sadnesses, and of great things done by a man from no very special background who had to make his own way in the world. Here is a career of extraordinary richness and diversity, in PEPYS, Stephen Coote uses his skills as a historical biographer and accomplished story teller to reveal both the mind and the man, the life and the times with pace, detail, humour and wit.

'A subtle and intelligent portrait, not just of the man, but of the volatile political milieu in which he moved' -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Coote's work provides us with new highlights and shadows to ponder a man who "fills his eyes" until his sight fails' -- INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Stephen Coote has written a bright, breezy life that is balanced and readable and captures the man and his age' -- LITERARY REVIEW 'A good story racily told' -- DAILY EXPRESS 'Coote captures both the prudential and the pleasure-loving aspects of his subject's complex character' -- MAIL ON SUNDAY 'An engaging and uncommonly well-written book' -- SCOTSMAN 'A splendid new biography about England's most famous diarist... A revealing and extraordinary portrait' -- LANCASHIRE EVENING POST

Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Oxford and at Birkbeck College, University of London. His previous biographical subjects include: John Keats and W. B. Yeats.

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ISBN 13	9780340751244
ISBN 10	034075124X
Titre	Samuel Pepys
Auteur	Stephen Coote
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Hodder & Stoughton
Année de publication	2001-09-20
Nombre de pages	400
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