by Samuel Pepys · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140094183
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«The Shorter Pepys» is the abridged edition of Samuel Pepys's diaries, published by Penguin in paperback (1152 pages, in English).
The volume condenses around a third of the diary that Samuel Pepys wrote in London during the Restoration, combining his duties in the Navy with life at the court of Charles II. It covers the effects of the plague and the Great Fire, as well as meals, expenses, friendships and love affairs that give the narrative an intimate, everyday tone.
Selection and editing by Robert Latham from the complete transcription of the diaries made by Latham and William Matthews. Includes index. The original edition is from 1985.
Intended for those who want to approach Pepys's diaries without facing the complete multi-volume edition.
Samuel Pepys was an English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is now most renowned for the diary he kept for almost a decade, first published in the 19th century and one of the most important primary sources of the Stuart Restoration.
