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pepys: mad hatters and shitten fools

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

There was nothing quite like Samuel Pepys account of Restoration England. The charm of the diary lies not in the information it contains, but in its total unself-consciousness and its absolute frankness. In Pepys diary we had sex, scandals, fires, … Continue reading →

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pepys: royal ambivalence

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

Samuel Pepys’s diary: the long and the short and curlies of Restoration England in all its glories of sex, scandal,fires, plagues, naval disasters and marital discords. His diary spared no one, least of all, himself…. The general informality of government … Continue reading →