Learning on ScreenSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
- Synopsis
- Claire Tomlin reads her biography of Samuel Pepys, the Fleet Street tailor’s son who made himself rich and powerful, an MP and advisor to royalty. She also traces his relations with many women, from countesses to servant girls, in a biography that is funny, moving and as candid as Pepys himself. Above all she concentrates on his diary, which he kept for less than ten years of his long life, in which he wrote with astonishing candour about the life he saw around him in London in the 1660s, and about his private desires and ambitions.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2002
- Year of production
- 2002
- Subjects
- History; Literature
- Keywords
- history of the 17th century; social history; Pepys, Samuel
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Audio
- Format
- Cassette
- Price
- £11.06 + VAT
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 240 minutes
- Year
- 2002
Production Company
- Name
Penguin Audiobooks
- audio@penguin.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.penguin.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7010 3067
- Fax
- 020 7010 6695
- Address
- 80 Strand
London
WC2R 0RL
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
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