Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin

Meet the man behind history’s greatest diary

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Claire Tomalin’s acclaimed biography reveals Samuel Pepys as far more than the famous diarist of Restoration England. Rising from modest beginnings to become a powerful naval administrator, Pepys witnessed plague, fire, political upheaval and court intrigue while recording his ambitions, appetites and contradictions with unmatched candour. Drawing on the diary and extensive historical research, Tomalin reconstructs both his public achievements and intensely private world. The result is a vivid portrait of a flawed, energetic man and the turbulent age he helped document.