Author : Samuel Pepys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1453804420
The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys Pdf
That wild and crazy guy of the 17th century - Samuel Pepys - continues his escapades in London and environs. In this volume: plots to overthrow the government, scheming to fatten his purse, chasing the ladies, his tempestuous marriage, yet further troubles with rebuilding his home, court gossip, and general carousing! Much too scandalous to be published in its own time, this first person account sheds an entirely different light on Pepys' times.The year starts, literally, with a bang:"January 1st. Waking this morning out of my sleep on a sudden, I did with my elbow hit my wife a great blow over her face and nose, which waked her with pain, at which I was sorry, and to sleep again."And, later:"I was sorry to hear that Sir W. Pen's maid Betty was gone away yesterday, for I was in hopes to have had a bout with her before she had gone, she being very pretty. I had also a mind to my own wench, but I dare not for fear she should prove honest and refuse and then tell my wife."