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Samuel Pepys: A Life
Stephen Coote
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Description for Samuel Pepys: A Life
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Pepys was a highly energetic man and closely involved in the strenuous and exciting times. This is an irresistible combination of public events and private passions, but above all this is a story of warmth and achievement, of affections and sadnesses, and of great things done by a man from no very special background who had to make his own way in the world. Here is a career of extraordinary richness and diversity, in PEPYS, Stephen Coote uses his skills as a historical biographer and accomplished story teller to reveal both the mind and the man, the life and the ... Read more
Pepys was a highly energetic man and closely involved in the strenuous and exciting times. This is an irresistible combination of public events and private passions, but above all this is a story of warmth and achievement, of affections and sadnesses, and of great things done by a man from no very special background who had to make his own way in the world. Here is a career of extraordinary richness and diversity, in PEPYS, Stephen Coote uses his skills as a historical biographer and accomplished story teller to reveal both the mind and the man, the life and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sceptre
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340751244
SKU
KSS0003554
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Stephen Coote
Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Oxford and at Birkbeck College, University of London. His previous biographical subjects include: John Keats and W. B. Yeats.
Reviews for Samuel Pepys: A Life
'A subtle and intelligent portrait, not just of the man, but of the volatile political milieu in which he moved'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Coote's work provides us with new highlights and shadows to ponder a man who "fills his eyes" until his sight fails'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Stephen Coote has written a bright, breezy life that is ... Read more
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Coote's work provides us with new highlights and shadows to ponder a man who "fills his eyes" until his sight fails'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Stephen Coote has written a bright, breezy life that is ... Read more