Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London.

The second volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The fourth volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The 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. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going & music-making.

The first volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The final volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The eighth volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

A comprehensive edition of Samuel Pepys's diary transcripted by Robert Latham and William Matthews. An introduction to the diarist and the diary is included.

The sixth volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The fifth volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The third volume of the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

The companion volume to the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

Though it covers less than a decade, Pepys' diary offers a detailed insight into a period and a personality, for he noted events in both public and private life. It includes passages on the plague and the Great Fire of London.

The Index to the complete Diary of Samuel Pepys in its most authoritative and acclaimed edition.

Imprisoned in the Tower of London and abandoned by the embattled King, Samuel Pepys - Secretary of the Admiralty - sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and - ultimately - murder.

In this diary Pepys observed and recorded the details of a ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London of the following year.

Evelyn was a scholar, a scientific amateur, a garden designer and architect, and a founder member of the Royal Society who published a magisterial book about trees, Sylva, and many pamphlets on assorted subjects. This work is a vivid portrait of the social, personal and political life of a society in ferment by one of its major players.

Unabridged republication of Passages from 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys', originally published by Boni and Liveright, New York, 1921.

A fascinating exploration of the relationship of competition and assimilation between the Netherlands and England during the 17th century, revealing the ways in which Dutch tolerance, resilience and commercial acumen effectively conquered Britain by reshaping its intellectual landscape, long before Dutch monarchs sat on the English throne.

Includes fifteen new essays from leading scholars, covering the major themes of Locke's work.