Walking Pepys's London

Samuel Pepys walked round London for miles. The 2½ miles to Whitehall from his house near the Tower of London was accomplished on an almost daily basis, and so many of his professional conversations took place whilst walking that the streets became for him an alternative to his office. With Walking Pepys's London, the reader will come to know life in London from the pavement up and see its streets from the perspective of this renowned diarist. The city was almost as much a character in Pepys's life as his family or friends, and the book draws many parallels between his experience of 17th-century London and the lives of Londoners today. Colliss Harvey's new book reconstructs the sensory and emotional experience of the past, bringing geography, biography and history into one. Full of fascinating details and written with extraordinary sensitivity, Walking Pepys's London is an unmissable exploration into the places that made the greatest English diarist of all time.

ISBN:	9781909961821
Publisher:	Armchair Traveller
Imprint:	Armchair Traveller
Published date:	02 Jun 2022
DEWEY:	941.066092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	10199
Number of pages:	212
Weight:	192g
Height:	128mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	17mm

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