Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Volume 60: December 1667

By Samuel Pepys

A gripping doorway into Restoration London, Samuel Pepys's December 1667 diary opens a window on a city of resilience, rhetoric, and daily striving. This edition presents Pepys's candid, humane observations in a form that feels immediate and intimate. The entry is not just a historical record but a living meditation on power, pleasure, fear, and perseverance. Readers meet a private English diarist whose precise notes on weather, food, theatre, suitors, and street life mingle with sharp counsel on court and navy gossip, the plague's shadow, and the fires that tested the capital. The volume blends social detail with lasting themes: memory, identity, community, and the stubborn endurance of ordinary people amid extraordinary upheaval. It is a scholar research resource, a classroom history study, and a gateway for genealogy and history readers alike-an indispensable piece of a broader seventeenth century diary tapestry. Out of print for decades, Alpha Editions has restored this volume for today's readers and for future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector's item and a cultural treasure, a vital addition to any english private diary, historical diary edition, or english memoirs anthology. Perfect for casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike, it invites both casual immersion and deeper scholarly study, weaving London in the 1660s into a vividly human historical narrative.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354944620
• ISBN13: 9789354944628
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"