Pepys, an intimate portrait of the great diarist, naval strategist and adulterer, starts filming for BBC TWO. Steve Coogan plays Samuel Pepys, naval strategist and serial adulterer, in the first ...

Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), the famous English diarist and naval administrator, had a penchant for fancy French clothes - although he described a fellow France-loving Englishman as 'an absolute ...

For me, it’s the unexpurgated Diary of Samuel Pepys. Completing the 11-volume set challenges even the most dedicated, but the entries are so vivid and comprehensive that the readers feel almost ...

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Samuel Pepys’s fashion prints cast light on his attitudes after his diaries Less is known about the second half of the diarist’s life, up to his death in 1703 aged 70. Sam Russell.

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Samuel Pepys' diary (1660 to 1669) shone a spotlight on Restoration London, covering the ups and downs of his marriage, as well as events such as Charles II's coronation and the Great Fire of London.