THE CONFESSIONS OF SAMUEL PEPYS: Private Revelations from Britan's Most Famed Diarist

A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, in celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of their publication. Reveals candid revelations of his career as a civilian naval official in Restoration London. Focuses on Pepys's controversial private life and charts his varied and complex relationships with women. Most of these entries were excised from nineteenth century editions, but all are featured here in completely new transcriptions, with Pepys's secret code translated. Contains 8 pages of color photographs.