The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: The BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: The BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation


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Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways star as Mr & Mrs Pepys in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the world famous diaries. Samuel Pepys was 26 when he decided to start keeping a diary, in January 1660. For the next ten years he faithfully recorded the day's events and confessed his innermost thoughts. That diary has since become one of our most important, and fascinating, historical documents. Pepys gave us eyewitness accounts of some of the great events of the 17th century, including the Great Fire of London and the Second Dutch War. He also told us what people ate and wore, what they did for fun, the tricks they played on each other, what they expected of marriage, and even how they conducted love affairs. He described London - the frozen river Thames, the rising crime rate and the poverty - and recorded the details of his own life: his wife, rivals, lovers and friends, his work for the Navy, his drinking and social life. Over 350 years may have passed since Pepys first put pen to paper, but the man and his preoccupations feel surprisingly familiar. In this major BBC Radio dramatisation of the journals, the sights and sounds of his world are vividly conjured. This collection comprises all ten radio series plus a special Saturday Drama centring on the Great Fire of London.

About the Author :
Samuel Pepys (Author) Samuel Pepys was born on 23 February 1633, the son of a London tailor. He graduated from Cambridge in 1654, and in 1655 he married Elizabeth St Michel. He started work for Sir Edward Montague, a relation who later became the 1st Earl of Sandwich, and through him first went to sea. Pepys later found work with the Navy Office, eventually rising to become Secretary of the Admiralty. He also became a JP, an MP and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In later life he was accused of being part of the anti-monarchist 'Popish Plot', and was twice imprisoned for it. Upon his second release he retired to Clapham, then considered to be 'in the country'. Samuel Pepys died on 26 May 1703. His diaries, which had been written in code, were bequeathed to Magdalen College, Cambridge, where they can still be viewed.

Review :
...balancing domesticity, business and history so vividly and unexpectedly it sounds as if 1660 were the day before yesterday.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781910281420
  • Publisher: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
  • Publisher Imprint: BBC Physical Audio
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
  • Width: 138 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1910281425
  • Publisher Date: 18 Sep 2014
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 140 mm
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 263 gr


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