Samuel Pepys and His Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660-1703 by Kate Loveman

Samuel Pepys and His Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660-1703

Kate Loveman

308 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reference informative medium-paced
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Samuel Pepys was a great collector of books, news, and gossip. This study uses his surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late seventeenth century. Offering the first extensive history of ...

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