Author: John EvelynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Diary of John Evelyn (reign of Charles II.)
Author: John EvelynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Diary of John Evelyn
Author: John EvelynThe Diary of John Evelyn
Author: John EvelynPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843831099
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Evelyn was at the centre of English social and political life in the17c, friend of Charles II, member of Royal Society. The Diary of John Evelyn (1620-1706) is one of the principal literary sources for life and manners in the English seventeenth century. Evelyn was one of an influential group of men which included Wren, Pepys and Boyle; afounding member of the Royal Society, he was also a friend of Charles II, a Commissioner for sick seamen and prisoners of war during the Dutch Wars, a prime mover behind Chelsea and Greenwich Hospitals, and a prolific author who wrote about architecture, art, arboriculture, fashion, and pollution. In his Diary he recorded the events and experiences of his long and remarkable life; there are also extensive references to his family, including hispoignant recollections of the children who predeceased him. This edition has been based on the only comprehensive and accurate transcription, by E.S. de Beer, published by Oxford University Press in 1955, but the text hasbeen reworked into individual years and months while retaining the original spelling and grammar throughout. GUY DE LA BÉDOYERE holds degrees in history and archaeology from the Universities of Durham and London.
The Diary of John Evelyn
Author: John EvelynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Diary and Correspondence, in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.
Author: Samuel PepysCommentaries on the life and reign of Charles the first
Author: Isaac DisraeliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
Author: Margaret WillesPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300231725
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times. Pepys was earthy and shrewd, while Evelyn was a genteel aesthete, but both were drawn to intellectual pursuits. Brought together by their work to alleviate the plight of sailors caught up in the Dutch wars, they shared an inexhaustible curiosity for life and for the exotic. Willes explores their mutual interests—diary-keeping, science, travel, and a love of books—and their divergent enthusiasms, Pepys for theater and music, Evelyn for horticulture and garden design. Through the richly documented lives of two remarkable men, Willes revisits the history of London and of England in an age of regicide, revolution, fire, and plague to reveal it also as a time of enthralling possibility.
Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F. R. S.
Author: John EvelynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Author: William Field
Author: Thomas Burton