Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), the famous English diarist and naval administrator, had a penchant for fancy French clothes - although he described a fellow France-loving Englishman as 'an absolute ...

Samuel Pepys’s fashion prints cast light on his attitudes after his diaries - Less is known about the second half of the diarist’s life, up to his death in 1703 aged 70.

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was probably the most famous diarist of all time. He began his diary on January 1, 1660, and continued until May 31, 1669, when failing eyesight led him to stop writing.

A collection of French fashion engravings offers precious new insights into the life of Samuel Pepys years after his premature final diary entry. The prints show the tailor’s son remained ...

O ne’s book of a lifetime should become a total obsession – a work that leaves you seeing the world through different eyes. For me, it’s the unexpurgated Diary of Samuel Pepys.Completing the ...

Pepeys, Samuel; Diary; Wheatley Edition; Irenaeus Prime Stevenson Article ...

Our Pepys Day celebrations will feature guided walks through the City, following in the famous diarist’s footsteps, and a celebration at Mansion House – all raising money for the Lord Mayor’s ...

He's one of England's most famous diary-keepers, but Samuel Pepys had a secret love of French fashion, a new study claims. Fancy garments were the diarist's 'guilty pleasure', a University of ...

The 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys’s collection of French fashion prints casts light on his attitudes to fashion in the period after he stopped keeping a diary, an academic has said.

The 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys’s collection of French fashion prints casts light on his attitudes to fashion in the period after he stopped keeping a diary, an academic has said.