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HAPPY DAYS.('Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self')(Book Review)
Late in December, 1867, Charles Dickens lost his pocket diary. In a letter to his sister-in-law, he described its disappearance as something " 'which,' as Mr Pepys would add, 'do trouble me mightily.' " Dickens preferred to destroy his diaries himself rather than leave them to accident and prying eyes. The disposable books were never meant to preserve the past for future savoring, only to keep track of Dickens's busy present and immediate future, especially his endless railway travel between his mistress, Ellen Ternan, and the far-flung platforms on which he gave dramatic public readings from his work. The pocket diaries provided no secret relief, as diaries sometimes do, ...
- Masters of Old Britannia.(On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Pepper, Tara October 7, 2002 700+ words
...Both Lisa Jardine's "On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren," and "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self" by Claire Tomalin are full of new research and insights, and are likely to be the definitive word on...
- Masters of Old Britannia : Two new biographies explore a golden age of...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Pepper, Tara October 14, 2002 700+ words
...Both Lisa Jardine's "On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren," and "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self" by Claire Tomalin are full of new research and insights, and are likely to be the definitive word on...
- Samuel Pepys: the Unequalled Self.(The Man Who Drew London: Wenceslas Hollar in...
- History Today Pierce, Patricia November 1, 2002 700+ words
...HISTORY TODAY BOOKSHOP PRICE 16.99 [pounds sterling] SAMUEL PEPYS WAS FASCINATED WITH HIMSLE. Pepys's curiosity is so deeply...men with very different personalities indeed. The lives of Samuel Pepys and Wencelaus Hollar overlapped, and although there is no...
- A new life of Samuel Pepys. (Reviews).(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Taylor, Roberta April 1, 2003 700+ words
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self Claire Tomalin. Viking. [pounds sterling]20.00. 499 pages...led him to write his diary and his fame rests on what he wrote. Samuel Pepys was born the son of a tailor and educated as a scholarship boy...
- Samuel Pepys
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1996 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1996 Samuel Pepys The British naval officer Samuel Pepys is famed for his diary, begun in 1660, which...officers. British. The British naval officer Samuel Pepys is famed for his diary, begun in 1660, which...
- Samuel Pepys: A Life. .(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Albion McClain, Molly December 22, 2002 700+ words
Stephen Coote. SAMUEL PEPYS: A LIFE. New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. xiii, 386. $27...in second hand bookshops alongside Arthur Bryant's trilogy, Samuel Pepys (1933-39). Like his predecessor, Coote has produced a predictable...
- Samuel Pepys. (Report from Europe).
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Kramer, Miriam July 1, 2003 700+ words
Samuel Pepys was born in 1633, the son of a tailor. In 1656 he entered the household...the National Portrait Gallery, a display entitled Restoration Lives. Samuel Pepys and His Circle is on view until September 28. The curator is Tamya...
- Diary of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passages.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
- Magazine article from: MBR Bookwatch April 1, 2005 700+ words
Diary of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passages Richard Le Gallienne, Editor Dover Publications...doverpublications.com Dover's republication of PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS returns a 1921 classic to print, providing select passages from...
