Diary (read by Leighton Pugh) - Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

Category: Plays & Theater

Narrator: David Timson

Tags: Plays & Theater, Classic, Autobiography & Biographies

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660 - 1663, Written by: Samuel Pepys Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, David Timson Length: 42 hrs and 46 mins Audiobook Release Date:12-24-14 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, Publishers Summary, 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 naval office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, wine and his peccadilloes. This Naxos AudioBooks production is the world premiere recording of the diary in its entirety; the result of many years of scholarship by Robert Latham (Magdalene College, Cambridge) and William Matthews (University of California). It has been divided into three volumes., Volume I covers the opening years of the Restoration and introduces us to many of the key characters - family, gov