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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	September 2003
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	London # Berichte, Erinnerungen
ISBN:	9780812970715
EAN-Code:	9780812970715
Verlag:	Random House Publishing Group
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	Modern Library Classics
Dimensionen:	H 204 mm / B 132 mm / D 19 mm
Gewicht:	299 gr
Seiten:	352
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Richard Le Gallienne's elegant abridgment of the Diary captures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), a remarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originally scribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys's quotidian journal of life in Restoration London provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues; naval, church, and cultural affairs; and the sexual escapades and domestic strife of a man with a voracious, childlike appetite for living. "As a human document the Diary is literally unique,” notes Le Gallienne. "It will have a still greater value for its historical importance.”