In-Depth Articles
This section of the site provides an opportunity to write and discuss longer articles on broader topics that might not fit in regular annotations or the Encyclopedia.
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
If you would like to contribute an article on any topic related to Pepys or the period in which he lived just email phil [at] gyford [dot] com
Evelyn to Pepys, 26 March 1666
As you know, on days when John Evelyn and Pepys exchanged letters, there’s now a link to the relevant letter on this site. The letters are also often posted in the annotations for that day’s diary entry, but as one of Evelyn’s letters to Pepys for 26 March 1666 is long and has a lot of tabular data, Terry Foreman had the good idea of posting it in the In-Depth Articles section. So here is the exchange of four letters for today:
6 comments | Permalink | Thursday 26 March 2009
Legends of British History: Samuel Pepys
The author Andrew Godsell recently got in touch having written Legends of British History and he offered the book’s biographical sketch of Pepys for publication here. It covers his whole life (and beyond) so there are “spoilers” towards the end if you don’t know what’s coming. Otherwise I hope you enjoy this overview of Sam’s life. You can buy Legends of British History at Amazon.co.uk.
12 comments | Permalink | Friday 12 December 2008
Sam’s N-A-V-Y
In the year 1664 we celebrated the mid-point of Sam’s Diary, perhaps with a mixture of happiness for all of the time shared together and a touch of sadness too, as we know that in a few years the Diary will end.
2 comments | Permalink | Tuesday 25 December 2007
‘The Plot Against Pepys’ by James Long and Ben Long
[Disclaimer: The publishers sent me a free copy of the book, which I passed on to Jeannine to review; we were under no obligation to say something good about it! Phil.]
This magnificent piece of work by Long and Long explores the outlandish charges of treason brought against Sam during the Popish Plots, and then brilliantly unfolds the mysteries, men and motives fabricating those accusations. This true story is based on a vast collection of facts, letters and notes from widely diverse and seemingly unrelated sources, which have been analyzed and synthesized to reveal an amazingly intricate network of lies, fraud, forgeries, espionage, swindles, etc. directed to bring about the downfall of Sam as a step towards destroying the Duke of York. The narrative style moves through the complex intrigues in a fashion that is highly readable and thoroughly engaging.
11 comments | Permalink | Thursday 16 August 2007