Covering the whole of Pepys's life, not only the period of his diaries, this admirably readable biography is a delight. In addition to Tomalin's 'warts and all' study of Pepys himself, she paints fascinating pictures of leading figures of his time from Charles II down. The story is also a mini-social as well as political and administrative history in which she draws amusing parallels between situations in our and her subject's time.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 18 April 2003 ) |
