The Diary
by Samuel Pepys
4,835 pages~81 hrs
“History is a lot more scandalous than your textbooks ever told you.”
Step into the vibrant, chaotic streets of 17th-century London through the uncensored eyes of history’s most famous fly-on-the-wall. From the terror of the Great Fire to the scandals of the royal court, this intimate journal transforms dry history into a gripping, gossip-filled masterpiece.
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