Gawdens, and at noon to the three tuns to dinner with lord bruncker, sir j. There are, however, some passages of a secretive nature where, for reasons of concealment or because his passion deserves a special language, he resorts to a private code involving words based on spanish, french and italian. Pepys was the son of a working tailor who had come to london from huntingdonshire. Written between 1660 and 1669, as pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the navy office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17thcentury england, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music. The diary of samuel pepys is perhaps the most well known collection of reminiscences. Diary of samuel pepys, unabridged, preface and life.
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