The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the Navy Office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, wine and his peccadilloes. This Naxos AudioBooks production is the world premiere recording of the diary in its entirety. It has been divided into three volumes.
This amazing diary has been recorded for the first in its entirety, using the definitive text edited after years of intense scholarship, and authorized by the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Leighton Pugh recorded The Diary of Samuel Pepys with recording engineer Ross Burman over 40 days at the studios of the RNIB in London. The whole work runs for 115 hours. It is released by Naxos AudioBooks in 3 volumes, 1660-1663, 1664-1666, 1667-1669, with each volume set in context by David Timson. It is available on CD and to download.
Edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews.
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Recorded at RNIB Camden Talking Books Studios, London.
‘Harwich’ portrait of Pepys © Master and Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Find out more at www.magd.cam.ac.uk/pepys
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