![]() GUY DE LA BÉDOYERE is an historian and archaeologist with numerous books to his credit. ![]() They are accompanied by a running commentary, biographies of persons mentioned, aglossary, a chronology, and an introduction that explains how the letters have survived and analyses how they were written. The letters have been chosen to reflect all these aspects of Pepys's varied and fascinating life, and include 30 never before published. 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-seventeenth-century England. ![]() 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. ![]() The correspondence included here represents the first selection of Pepys's letters drawn from all possible sources to be published since 1933. New selection of Pepys' letters throws light on his life and early career, and includes 30 never previously published. ![]()
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