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For a decade, beginning in 1660, an ambitious young London civil servant kept an astonishingly candid account of his life during one of the most defining periods in British history. In Samuel Pepys, Claire Tomalin offers us a fully realized and richly nuanced portrait of this man, whose... read more
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First Sentence edit
He was born in London, above the shop, just off Fleet Street, in Salisbury Court, where his father John Pepys ran a tailoring business, one of many serving the lawyers living in the area.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 15 of 100 in Top 100 Books That Defined The Noughties (Telegraph). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Claire Tomalin (Author)
Awards edit
- Samuel Johnson Prize (Finalist, 2003, Shortlist)
- Whitbread Book Award (2002: Biography)
- Whitbread Book of the Year (2002)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 921
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