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Samuel Pepys
- The Unequalled Self
- De: Claire Tomalin
- Narrado por: Jill Balcon
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Samuel Pepys kept a diary in which he wrote with astonishing candour about the life he saw around him in London in the 1660s, and about his private desires and ambitions. The diary was kept for fewer than 10 years of his long life: Claire Tomalin tells the whole story of the Fleet Street tailor's son who made himself rich and powerful, an MP and adviser to royalty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely fascinating
- De Nora en 03-16-16
- Samuel Pepys
- The Unequalled Self
- De: Claire Tomalin
- Narrado por: Jill Balcon
Enthralling
Revisado: 09-12-05
Claire Tomalin brings the author of the famous diaries to life in this engaging, sympathetic and unsentimental biography. With insight (and a certain amount of scholarly sleuthing) she presents us with a three-dimensional portrait of a great, if not always admirable, figure. There is plenty of fun here, lots of Restoration colour, and of course Pepys' own often outrageous opinions, but also much insight into human nature, elegantly and unpretentiously described. The years in which Pepys was writing his diaries are the meat of the book, and Tomalin would have done well to allow Pepys to speak for himself more often in this period, but this is a small complaint. The narrator is warm and unobtrusive. Altogether a most enjoyable listen. Highly recommended.
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