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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume III: 1667-1669
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume III: 1667-1669
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume III: 1667-1669

Written by Samuel Pepys

Narrated by Leighton Pugh and David Timson

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history.

Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the Navy Office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theater, food, wine and his peccadilloes.

This Naxos AudioBooks production is the world-premiere recording of the diary in its entirety. It has been divided into three volumes.

Volume III presents the last three years of Pepys’s diary. By now he is in his mid-thirties and confident in his ability to deal with differing political factions within the Navy Office. His affection for his wife Elizabeth grows ever stronger despite his wandering eyes, and he finds he is worth £6,000 and more – a considerable sum for the son of a tailor who started with nothing.

He becomes increasingly concerned about his sight, and it is with some regret that he stops writing his diary at the end of May 1669.

Leighton Push reads from the Robert Latham and William Matthews' text; prefaces are written and read by David Timson.

©1983 Robert Latham and William Matthews (P)2015 Naxos AudioBooks

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 15, 2015
ISBN9781843798446
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    A wonderful edition of this fascinating journal, impeccably read. We are fortunate that the rascal Pepys chose this rich historical decade to keep his journal. Whatever your historical interest : plague, medicine, science, music, theatre, women's roles, military, political, religious, economic, mercantilism, colonialism, food, fashion... this diary grants important insights. The reader brings it into dazzling life.

    Worth the 120 hours of audio, in fact I wish there was another decade's worth. This period (the 3rd volume) contains some interesting insights in music, theatre, and fashion and on Pepys himself, but most importantly lays a lot of background for the events surrounding Pepys's friend, the Duke of York's ascension to the throne some years later, understanding the popish plot, etc. Like many moments in history, it's difficult to understand tensions between different groups (here religious tendencies) without personal accounts like this. My favourite section in this volume was probably Pepys's vacation where he followed an almost identical itinerary to a trip I had taken, with only a few stops changed in order (Stonehenge, Salisbury Bath, Bristol, Avebury henge).

    He continues to have abusive sexual encounters with women, but in this volume we get a little bit more insight into the compensation the women received in cash, goods, or favours. It raises questions for me about the extent some of the previous encounters in the other volumes may have been more transactional sex work. Pepys's fantasy notions about his own desirability, as well as him consciously recording his own history to be read, may have caused him to record them in a way that seemed more organic and adventurous to him, and which read more like rape to us today. Surely he utilised his power and wealth, but there are glimpses of agreed upon exchanges.

    Don't miss the closing entry on 31 may 1669. Epic.