PEPYS - A Biography. ( 1633-1703 - Royal Navy official) Ollard 1st HBdj VG

Description: PEPYS - A Biography.Ollard, Richard New York 1974, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 368 pages, illus, notes, bibliog, glossary, index. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) has earned a unique place in English history for two lasting ' creations. The first, for which he will always be best remembered and loved, is his Diary. It is perhaps the most faithful and vivid account of a man's daily life ever written. His second achievement was the foundation of the civil administration of the Royal Navy. He saw the Navy's role as one of defense, and converted it from an occasional force gathered for war into a permanent and efficient means of security for Britain. Richard Ollard has drawn together the differing threads running through Pepys's life and has given us a fascinating portrait of this many-sided seventeenth-century man.The times through which Pepys lived were among the most eventful in English history. He was a boy of nine when the Civil War broke out. He went up to Cambridge during the Commonwealth and came back to London to make his way in the world during the last days of Cromwell's rule. The poor and unknown, but hardly untalented, Pepys gravitated toward a- distant relative, Edward Mountagu, soon to become the Earl of Sandwich, a supporter of the future Charles II. With the Restoration, Pepys's patron was rewarded with command of the fleet and Pepys, as his secretary, soon found himself playing a crucial role at the Court and in the Navy. From 1660 to 1669 he meticulously recorded the great events of the day-the Restoration, the Plague, the Fire of London, the naval war with the Dutch-his dealings with courtiers and commoners, his participation in affairs of state (as well as affairs of the heart), and his unending interest in the arts and sciences. Although the death of his wife and his failing eyesight (and perhaps fear of political intrigue) caused him to put aside his Diary in 1669, Pepys continued nearly single-handedly to conduct the business affairs of the Navy until the Glorious Revolution drove him from office in 1689. Pepys epitomizes not only his own brilliant age but offers some larger insights into English character. The sensual man who was fond of pleasures of the flesh was also a Fellow, later a President, of the Royal Society. The man who regularly deceived his wife was a stern moralist and friend of John Evelyn, Isaac Newton, Dryden, and Christopher Wren. The man who missed nothing of the minor pleasures of life, who noticed everything and everybody, who adored the theater and was carried away by music, was a superb administrator and bureaucrat, exact in detail, relentless in efficiency **************************************************************************** THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US - WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS. If you have further questions - happy to answer them - please email us. Please browse our other items and bookmark our site - we constantly add new items. We pack your item extremely carefully so you will receive it in the best condition. This sometimes causes us to be a day or two late in processing orders if we have a good number of sales - Please be patient- we aim to provide the best service we can. POSTAGE WILL BE COMBINED ON MULTIPLE ITEMS PURCHASED. PLEASE WAIT FOR ME TO SEND YOU AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING - I MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE YOU POSTAGE. INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE NOTICE ! IMPORTANT NOTICE- AS OF MAY 14th, 2007, THE US POSTAL SYSTEM WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE INTERNATIONAL MAIL RATES - ALL SURFACE MAIL HAS BEEN DROPPED, THERE WILL ONLY BE SEVERAL CLASSES OF AIR MAIL= AND ALL THE RATES HAVE GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST THESE NEW RATES WILL ACTUALLY BE, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. I ASSUME 1 - 4 WEEKS AS BEFORE. IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST THE TIMES STATED ABOVE. PLEASE DO NOT START ASKING WHERE IT IS IN A WEEK OR TWO AND ACCUSE ME OF NOT SENDING THE ITEM - SLOW DELIVERY TIMES BY THE POST OFFICE ARE NOT MY FAULT, PLEASE BE PREPARED TO WAIT THE AVERAGE TIMES I HAVE STATED. WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS & WE KNOW BY BITTER EXPERIENCE JUST HOW SLOW THE MAIL CAN BE. IF YOU BID ON SOMETHING AND THE POSTAGE IS TOO HIGH, I WILL CANCEL THE SALE AT YOUR REQUEST WITH NO ADVERSE COMMENTS. IF YOU WISH A POSTAL QUOTE BEFORE BIDDING , JUST ASK ME. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING . Bob Ruman

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