Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys, (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was a leading 17th century English civil servant, latterly famous for his diary. The diary is a fascinating combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London.

Further reading

Latham & Matthews edition of the diary

The complete and definitive edition of Pepys' diary, published between 1970 and 1983, by Bell & Hyman, London.

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• Volume I. Introduction and 1660. ISBN 0713515511. The Introduction provides a scholarly, but readable, account of The Diarist, The Diary (The Manuscript, The Shorthand, and The Text), History of Previous Editions, The Diary as Literature, The Diary as History.
• Volume II. 1661. ISBN 071351552X
• Volume III. 1662. ISBN 0713515538
• Volume IV. 1663. ISBN 0713515546
• Volume V. 1664. ISBN 0713515554
• Volume VI. 1665. ISBN 0713515562
• Volume VII. 1666. ISBN 0713515570
• Volume VIII. 1667. ISBN 0713515589
• Volume IX. 1668-9. ISBN 0713515597
• Volume X. Companion. ISBN 0713519932. The Companion provides a long series of detailed essays about Pepys and his world.
• Volume XI. Index. ISBN 0713519940

Biographical studies of Pepys

• Arthur Bryant, Pepys — The Man in the Making 1663–1669. ISBN 0586064702
• Arthur Bryant, Pepys — The Years of Peril 1669–1683. ISBN 0586064710
• Arthur Bryant, Pepys — The Saviour of the Navy 1683–1689. ISBN 0586064729
• Richard Ollard, Pepys, A Biography. ISBN 0192814664
• Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys, The Unequalled Self. ISBN 0670885681

Arthur Bryant's three-volume study was first published between 1933 and 1938 long before the definitive edition of the diary, but nevertheless is of interest thanks to Bryant's lively style. Richard Ollard's book was first published in 1974 at approximately the same time as the Latham and Matthew's text and benefits from the author's deep knowledge of Restoration politics. Claire Tomalin's book won the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year; the awarders called it a "rich, thoughtful and deeply satisfying" account that "unearth a wealth of material about the uncharted life of Samuel Pepys".

Related Topics:
Arthur Bryant - Richard Ollard - Claire Tomalin - 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year

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e-text

In December 2003, Pepys's diary, which was at the time being serialised as a weblog run by Phil Gyford, won an award in The Guardian's Best of British Blogs, in the specialist-blog category.

Related Topics:
December - 2003 - Weblog - Phil Gyford - The Guardian

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