
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660 - 1663
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Narrated by:
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Leighton Pugh
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David Timson
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By:
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Samuel Pepys
About this listen
The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the naval office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, wine and his peccadilloes. This Naxos AudioBooks production is the world premiere recording of the diary in its entirety; the result of many years of scholarship by Robert Latham (Magdalene College, Cambridge) and William Matthews (University of California). It has been divided into three volumes. Volume I covers the opening years of the Restoration and introduces us to many of the key characters - family, government and royalty. Pepys was there when Charles II returned to England, and he lived through those opening years of the Stuart monarchy, with its revenge on the regicides. He also recorded the reopening of theatres, and how he relaxed from the Puritan way of life.
©1983 Robert Latham (Magdalene College, Cambridge) and William Matthews (University of California) (P)2014 Naxos AudioBooksInteresting
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I loved it. true history by one who lived it
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How life has chaned
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I would highly recommend this. I’m going to buy the next volumes as well as start the first again. I can see this being an annual listen. Fantastic
Fascinating
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It is read very well and I'd happily listen to many more by this narrator.
A great text well read.
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I didn't know
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Narration is excellent
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superb reader
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Excellent narration brings the Diary alive.
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If you could sum up The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660 - 1663 in three words, what would they be?
Virtual time machine.What was one of the most memorable moments of The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660 - 1663?
"...such bawdy articles against him as never was heard of. one, that he should upon his knees drink the King and Queenes health at Lisbon, wishing that the King's pintle were in the Queenes c*nt up to her heart, that it might cry 'Knack, knock' again."Which character – as performed by Leighton Pugh and David Timson – was your favourite?
Pepys himself.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No - it's a bit too long for that.Any additional comments?
The reading is magnificent. Leighton Pugh's tone subtly supports the comedic elements to very amusing effect, and brings sense to some very knotty 17th C verbiage.Brilliantly read
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