With enthusiasm, wit and a keen eye for detail, pepys brings to life the atmosphere, people, events and places of. His great uncle talbot pepys was recorder and briefly member of parliament mp for cambridge in 1625. If you know any interesting object in pepys street london, feel free to share it with other visitors comment using your facebook, hotmail, yahoo or aol account. Retrace samuel pepys steps in the great fire of london. The best london books five books expert recommendations. Pepys street to oxford street 5 ways to travel via. Glowing plateglass towers now cover the marshland and mudflats of samuel pepyss london. Londons most famous diarist remains popular, 350 years after he scribbled it down in shorthand.
It has been a place of refuge, a prison, and the home of the crown jewels. These are 10 books about london every londoner should read. Born in fleet street in 1633, pepys spent his journalising years living in. Three books set in the restoration era london of samuel pepys, with him as a. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. The church is also custodian of pepyss prayer book, which is on show at. Hotel deals for events at pepys street, ec3, city and county of the city of london, london, ec3n.
Librivox recording of the diary of samuel pepys 1660 by samuel pepys. The 10 best nonfiction books about london books the guardian. In the summer of 1662 he occupied his leisure moments by learning the multiplication table, listening to lectures on shipbuilding, and studying the prices of naval stores. In 2015, we asked you to nominate your favourite nonfiction books about the capital. In the authors historical note she records there are 108 references to elizabeth. Coronavirushit londons horrible history of plagues, death and disease. Pepys road in south london where i live is having a moment. Diary of samuel pepys project gutenberg selfpublishing.
Following graduation from magdalene college, cambridge, pepys worked for his influential cousin, edward mountagu, 1st earl of sandwich, whose patronage helped to secure his appointment in 1660 as clerk of the acts to the navy board. Pepys in the history of reading the historical journal. The doubletree by hilton tower of london with its rating of 88% is therefore not just well above average for this chain but is our highest rated doubletree hotel. In fact we hold two collections relating to the famous diarist. Pauls just a step away, this hotel has a great location for both business and leisure travellers. What companies run services between pepys street, england and oxford street, england. The history of libraries research seminar invite you on a walking tour celebrating samuel pepyss love of books. It is said that if the ravens leave the tower, britain will fall. When the port of london authority building was erected in 1923, colchester street was extended to seething lane and renamed after the diarist samuel pepys, who lived there during the great fire of london. Street, ec3, city and county of the city of london, london, ec3n. You can take a vehicle from oxford street to pepys street via oxford circus station, embankment station, and tower hill station in around 17 min. Coronavirushit londons horrible history of plagues. Pepys was born in salisbury court, fleet street, london on 23 february 1633, the son of john pepys 16011680, a tailor, and margaret pepys nee kite. It is a work revered both by literary and historical scholars as a firsthand account of such important moments as the great fire of london, the second dutch war, and the great plague of.
Feel cocooned in a wealth of london history, when staying at the doubletree by hilton london tower of london, located on pepys street. Pepys street, city of london restaurants, restaurants in. As the library of london history guildhall library has recently featured samuel pepys 16331703 in our exhibitions on the great plague and the great fire. Entertaining mr pepys the women of pepys diary women of. Best kids books about the great fire of london primary. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Browse for books about american history, ancient history, military history, or browse our picks for the best history books of the year so far. It is the site where the princes in the tower famously disappeared in the 15th century. Walking tour in london, 14th may the diary of samuel pepys. Alternatively, london buses operates a bus from oxford circus stn margaret st to tower hill, the tower of london hourly. I looked upon the street to see a gaggle of striplings making fair merry, and no. It was an event that changed the face of london forever. To read the diary of samuel pepys is to be transported back into his world of 17thcentury london.
If youre in or near london you may be interested in a new pepys walking tour hosted by alice fordsmith, the walking librarian on twitter. Glowing plateglass towers now cover the marshland and mudflats of samuel pepys s london. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Feel cocooned in a wealth of london history, when staying at the doubletree by hilton london tower of london.
You can take a vehicle from pepys street to oxford street via tower hill station, embankment station, and oxford circus station in around 18 min. It is one of londons hidden treasures and well worth a visit. Today, pepys diary is considered to be the greatest personal account of life and events in 17th century england. Its mounds and circles, sheds new light on the city in that time there was a vogue for these sorts of books in the 1920s and 30s when there was a particular effort by prehistorians to discover something of londons supposedly hidden past. In mid1658 pepys moved to axe yard, near the modern downing street. St olave hart street london, england atlas obscura. Doubletree by hilton tower of london pepys street ec3n 4af. Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
Samuel pepys samuel pepys naval administration it was not in pepyss nature to do things by halves. Oxford street to pepys street 5 ways to travel via. Having resolved to do his duty, he set out to equip himself for its performance. From true crime to stories of unrequited love, this is literature as the capital intended it to be. Its supposedly an excerpt from the diary of samuel pepys, sometimes dated london 1664. He bore witness to some of londons most notable events, but who exactly was samuel pepys. Its mounds and circles, sheds new light on the city in that time there was a vogue for these sorts of books in the 1920s and 30s when there was a particular effort by prehistorians to discover something of london s supposedly hidden past. Pepys was the son of a working tailor who had come to london. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading samuel pepys. The life and death of a victorian slum, sarah wise.
Posted on august 29, 2017 categories architecture, churches, city of london, local history, london, london history, london streets. Howard timberlake retraces the footsteps of samuel pepys during the great fire of london through his vivid and detailed diary entries. The first is that of the samuel pepys club and samuel pepys trust award. This book covers the full range of life in london, from the splendid galleries of whitehall to the damp and sooty alleyways of the east end. This article analyses the reading practices of samuel pepys and concludes that his example supports a contrast between a more intensive, oral, utilitarian, and public reading in the seventeenth century and that of later periods. Book hunting in restoration london tuesday, 14 may 2019 at st brides church entrance gate, london, england. His fathers first cousin, sir richard pepys, was elected mp for sudbury in 1640, and was. Pepys street is a street in the city of london, linking seething lane in the west to coopers row in the east. You wouldnt want to be in the great fire of london by jim pipe. Alternatively, london buses operates a bus from tower hill, the tower of london to oxford circus hourly. A sightseers guide to samuel pepyss london londonist. Foundries were forbidden in the city but that didnt stop them operating.
Samuel pepys, the son of a tailor, was born in salisbury court just off fleet street, on 23 february 1633. Welcome to our guide for the area around pepys street in city and county of the city of london. Doubletree tower of london hotel tower hill doubletree. Samuel pepys frs was an administrator of the navy of england and member of parliament. Samuel pepys was born in salisbury court off fleet street in london, on 23 february 1633. The history of libraries research seminar invite you on a walking tour celebrating samuel pepys s love of books. He lived through one of the most momentous chapters in london s history, witnessing the english civil wars, the great plague, the great fire and.
My pepys road is a poor but nicer relation to the fictional one. Will self sets out along the thames to rediscover the city chronicled by the famous diarist published. The story of samuel pepyss silver plate museum of london. The unequalled self kindle edition by tomalin, claire. Samuel pepys english diarist and naval administrator. He made a unique contribution to our national history by his work as a naval administrator, and he bequeathed to the college its greatest treasure his library, a unique collection of 3,000 books and manuscripts, still preserved as he left it.
Read in english by nicole lee samuel pepys was the first secretary to the admiralty during the reign of charles ii, instrumental in developing the royal navy and witness to some of the most significant events of the restoration period, including the great fire of london. The pepys collection at guildhall library guildhall. Inside pepys london by jonathan bastable nook book. It was illegal to build with wood and thatch but people did it anyway. The st olave hart street church is london in miniature history as a kind of layer cake, boom piled on bust, war piled on plague. Head out of the church onto hart street and follow it west to mark lane. But there would be much that struck him as odd or baffling.
Samuel pepys, english diarist and naval administrator, celebrated for his diary first published in 1825, which gives a fascinating picture of the official and upperclass life of restoration london from jan. The curious world of samuel pepys and john evelyn by margaret willes. Born in fleet street in 1633, pepys spent his journalising years living in nearby seething lane from where he routinely clattered off. Swift is a consummate historical novelist, basing her books on immaculate. My pepys road is a poor but nicer relation to the fictional one the setting for a new state of the nation novel, capital, is very different from the real street that shares its name. On pepys street there is a 1960s block called mariner house, and the old pub nearby on hart street is called the ship. Nonfiction the great fire of london famous people, great events by gillian clements clear, simple text with lots of useful illustrations and lists. Pepys street guide pepys street, city, london ec3n. Here are some great books on the topic of the great fire of london for kids. Eventbrite history of libraries research seminar presents samuel pepys. Trumps testin philip rucker, carol leonnig, hillary huber, penguin audio philip rucker, carol leonnig. The nearest station to pepys street is fenchurch street railway station which is about 1 minutes to the north. Book bridgestreet pepys street, london on tripadvisor. This was originally part of a 7week unit looking at the great plague of london, the great fire of london, and samuel pepys as a famous person the children had posed their own questions about the fire.
Follow this 3km selfguided tour to learn more about pepyss london. A history in maps 2012 by peter barber charts the citys. Pepys even appears more than halfway through the book. His fathers first cousin sir richard pepys was elected mp for sudbury in 1640, appointed. Includes recommended hotels close by to pepys street.
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