The Shorter Pepys

This single-volume abridgement of the diary Pepys kept from 1660 to 1669 follows the naval administrator through the Restoration court, his work at the Navy Office, the plague, the Great Fire of London, parliamentary business, and a private record of meals, music, reading, and marriage. The selection keeps the run of years as a continuous narrative, cutting repetition while retaining the daily mix of public events and household detail. It is a condensed diary, not a biography written after the fact and not the complete multi-volume text.

Bound in dark blue cloth decorated in gold. Dark red endleaves. Dark red slipcase.