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pepys: finally, a man of fame…
Samuel Pepys’s diary of the 1660′s, Restoration England at its baddest and bawdiest. Human nature has not changed that much… Not until then did any member of the Navy Board think of going downriver. On Wednesday, June 12, 1666, the … Continue reading
pepys: tangled up in hues
By now the plague was raging in London. It was an endemic disease appearing in London most summers, with varying severity. The seriousness of this particular outbreak was not appreciated until it had nearly reached its height, and even then, … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Edward Montagu, Catherine of Braganza, Charles II of England, Dick Stoop, Duke of Albemarle, Henry Wheatley, Isaac Fuller painting, Lady Castelmaine, Lady Jane Fisher, Lord Braybrooke, Maurice Ashley, Molly Harrison, O.M. Royston, Resoration of Charles II, Reverend Mynors Bright, Robert Latham, Rota Club, Sir George Carteret, Sir Peter Lely, Sir William Coventry, Sir William Petty, William Matthews
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pepys: the not so merry monarchy
Samuel Pepys diaries. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England. London observed, London at work and London at play… Pepys could listen avidly enough to accounts of the dissipated life at court. – of the amorous alarms … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Edward Montagu, Charles II of England, Great Rebellion England, Henry Wheatley, James Duke of York, Lord Braybrooke, Lord Craven, Lord Sandwich, Maurice Ashley, Restoration England, Restoration of Charles II, Robert Latham, Ronald Hutton historian, Rota Club London, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, Sir John Minnes, Sir Peter Lely, Sir William Coventry, Sir William Petty, William Blathwayt
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HOW TO STEAL SCEPTER & ORB: THANK OFFERINGS OF THE CURIOUS
Here lies the man who boldly hath run through More villainles than England ever knew; And ne’er to any friend he had was true. Here let him then by all unpitied lie, And let’s rejoice his time was come to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Marshall, Andrew Graham Dixon, Andrew Marvell, Ann Lauren, Charles II of England, Colonel Blood, Crown Jewels of England, David hayton, Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Ormonde, Eveline Cruickshanks, George Villiers, James Bond, John Evelyn, Oliver Cromwell, Restoration of Charles II, Robert Walker, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Sir Peter Lely, Talbot Edwards, Thomas Blood, Tom Slemen, Tower of London, W.P. Liscomb, Wilbur Cortez Abbott, William Bray
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