Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 35: May/June 1665 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354943058)

A small, intimate doorway into a city under pressure and a mind that never stops observing. A doorway that opens onto May and June 1665, when London wrestled with fear, faith, and the steady churn of daily life. Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 35: May/June 1665 brings the famous seventeenth-century epistolary diary writing of Pepys into crisp, accessible form for today's readers. This is more than a personal memoir; it is a living, contemporaneous record of a city in extremis. The entries weave private reflections with public events, turning a personal journal into a vivid historical research resource and primary source archive that illuminates how Londoners spoke, cared for one another, and endured the plague year with humour, grit, and ingenuity. Pepys's notes on daily routines, social custom, and the smells and sounds of a bustling metropolis offer extraordinary insight for students, scholars, and curious readers. For casual fans of historical drama and for collectors of renaissance personal journals, this volume stands as a crucial touchstone in the great plague London narrative. Its value lies not only in the material it preserves but in the voice that remains accessible, humane, and deeply human. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, a true cornerstone of any historical diary collection.

Author: Samuel Pepys Richard Griffin Braybrooke
ISBN-10: 9354943055
ISBN-13: 9789354943058
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 38
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d