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Book SynopsisThe companion volume to the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.Samuel Pepys's Diary was first published in abbreviated form in 1825. A succession of new versions brought out in the Victorian era made the Diary one of the best-known books and Pepys one of the best-known figures of English history. However, not until the publication of the Latham and Matthews edition was the Diary presented in its complete form, with a newly transcribed text and the benefit of a systematic commentary. The text of the Diary is in nine volumes, followed by this Companion and an Index. The edition has justly become established as the definitive version, hailed by The Times as one of the glories of contemporary English publishing' and by C. P. Snow as a triumph of modern scholarship'.The Companion has been compiled and edited by Robert Latham, with specialist contributions from other scholars. The result of many years' research, it is an essential adjunct to the Di
Trade Review‘In paperback at last! The maps, glossary, single-volume Companion and superbly usable Index, the inexhaustible footnotes, are all here. This is a marvellous and cheering event.’
Observer
‘There is horror… and there is humour… and its availability at an affordable price deserves recognition as a laudable publishing achievement.’
Cambridge Evening News
