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| Summary: | "Samuel Pepys' FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. 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 both King Charles II and subsequently King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy.[2] The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th 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."--Wikipedia.
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| Item Description: | "The selection in this volume is taken from The diary of Samuel Pepys, a new and complete transcription, edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews, volumes I-XI, 1970-1983, published by the University of California Press."--Title page verso. |
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| Physical Description: | l, 1096 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ,maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1025-1028) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 0520034260 : |
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