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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
A career man’s crisis
“Chance without merit,” said Samuel Pepys, had won him his post as the navy’s Clerk of the Acts. Mischance without personal demerit almost cost him all on June 12,1667, when a Dutch squadron sailed boldly up the Thames, burned part … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Dutch wars, Great Fire of London, Henry Wheatley, James Duke of York, Johan de Witt, Lord Baybrooke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maurice Ashley, Molly Harrison, O.M. Royston, Peter van den Velde, Robert Latham, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, Sir Peter Lely, Sir William Coventry, William Blathwayt
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