He shared a list of his six best books with readers of the Daily Express. One title on the list:The Shorter Pepys edited by Robert LathamRead about another book on the list.
Pepys was a senior public servant in London who witnessed some of the great events which hit the capital in the 17th century but it is his eye for detail and the description of the everyday life - the river transport, the food, the clothes, the servants' speech - which bring the Diaries to life and make them such a valuable historical document.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of Claire Tomalin's five most important books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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