{"product_id":"the-diaries-of-samuel-pepys-a-selection-penguin-classics-9780141439938","title":"The Diaries of Samuel Pepys  A Selection Penguin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eThe Shorter Pepys\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel Pepys'' \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of scintillating first-hand accounts of Restoration England, from the most tumultuous events to the simplest domestic pleasures, selected and edited by Robert Latham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London - Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. As well as recording public and historical events, Pepys paints a vivid picture of his personal life, from his socializing and amorous entanglements, to his theatre-going and his work at the Navy Board. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits and sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece and a marvellous portrait of seventeenth-century life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Pepys (1633-1703) achieved fame as a naval administrator and a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned. Fo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732491284823,"sku":"9780141439938","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141439938.jpg?v=1719997116","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-diaries-of-samuel-pepys-a-selection-penguin-classics-9780141439938","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}