{"product_id":"samuel-pepys","title":"Samuel Pepys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e comes a celebrated biography that casts new light on the remarkable diaries of Samuel Pepys.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a diary which recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Within and beyond the narrative of his extraordinary career, Claire Tomalin explores Pepys' inner life - his relations with women, his fears and ambitions, his political shifts, his agonies and his delights.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA rich, thoughtful and deeply satisfying account'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Sex, drink, plague, fire, music, marital conflict, the fall of kings, corruption and courage in public life, wars, navies, public execution, incarceration in the Tower: Samuel Pepys's life is full of irresistible material'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'In Claire Tomalin, Pepys has found the biographer he deserves. Her perceptive, level-headed book finally restores to the life of the diarist its weight and dignity'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Samuel Pepys","offer_id":46288557310149,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-241-96326-5.jpg?v=1780027846","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/samuel-pepys","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}