The Letters of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bedoyere - 9781843835141

The Letters of Samuel PepysAuthor(s): Guy de la Bedoyere\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781843835141, 978-1843835141\nSynopsis\nNew selection of Pepys' letters throws light on his life and early career, and includes 30 never previously published.\n\nThe correspondence included here represents the first selection of Pepys's letters drawn from all possible sources to be published since 1933. Since the Diary does not cover this period, the letters enable the reader to follow Pepys' early career on the staff of the Earl of Sandwich, his rise to greatness as Secretary of the Admiralty, and his retirement after the Glorious Revolution. Along the way Pepys fought battles with opponents of his naval reforms and enemies who tried to implicate him in the Popish Plot, while taking care of his various relatives and keeping up with an array of friends and acquaintances who included many of the great and famous of late.