For those seeking more background about Samuel Pepys, Claire Tomalin wrote a biography "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self" that more fully provides a context for his diary entries. [0]
On a tangent I was surprised to learn that I'd been mispronouncing his last name for years. Phonetically it's "peeps" and not "pep is" as I'd believed.
On a tangent I was surprised to learn that I'd been mispronouncing his last name for years. Phonetically it's "peeps" and not "pep is" as I'd believed.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Samuel-Pepys-Unequalled-Claire-Tomali...