Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 50: February 1666-67 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354943805)

A window into London as it burned with change, and a record of daily life that reads like a living, breathing diary. A historic voice returns: intimate, immediate, and endlessly revealing. Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 50: February 1666-67 continues the acclaimed restoration of a nation's memory. This is not merely a transcription; it is a documentary narrative revived for modern readers. Pepys's pages unfold a city recovering from upheaval, where hunger, theatre, weather, and the commerce of everyday life mingle with politics, plague, and the theatre of court. Its value lies in form and themes that speak across centuries. It is a complete diary edition reimagined for today's readers, offering a lucid, annotated companion that illuminates seventeenth-century English life while inviting casual readers to step into the cadence of a vivid, personal chronicle. For history scholars and readers of diaries alike, the volume offers a rich, human conduit to Restoration London and the broader English seventeenth century. This edition speaks to both the curious, who seek accessible literary history, and the collector who treasure a curated cultural treasure. 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.

Author: Samuel Pepys Richard Griffin Braybrooke
ISBN-10: 9354943802
ISBN-13: 9789354943805
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 34
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d