The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary

‘Samuel Pepys and his diary are ‘strange’ on so many levels - the contents are strange, the manner of the diary’s creation and even its preservation are strange, as well as subsequent generations’ responses to it. Kate Loveman has done an excellent job in helping readers navigate the diary’s many fascinating layers.’ Margaret Ezell, author of The Oxford English Literary History, Volume V‘A fascinating study of the history of the most famous diary in the anglophone world. Kate Loveman reveals there is so much more to this diary than we ever realized. Totally absorbing.’ Tim Harris, author of Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660–1685 and Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685–1720

Kate Loveman is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Leicester and an internationally recognized expert on Pepys and Restoration literature. She is the author of Reading Fictions, 1660–1740: Deception in English Literary and Political Culture, Samuel Pepys and his Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660–1703, and the editor of The Diary of Samuel Pepys for Everyman.