Intriguing insight into the minds of two exceptional men whose contribution to our understanding of 17th-century England is incalculable. SPECTATORPepys and Evelyn first came to know each other during the Second Dutch War (1664-7). As the plague raged in the London they loved, they were both preoccupied with the business of casualties from the war, Pepys as Clerk of the Acts, and Evelyn as a Commissioner for Sick and Wounded Seamen and Prisoners of War. Nearly forty years later they were still corresponding, exchanging details of remedies for the afflictions of old age. Their friendship, and their relations with others, as recorded in their famous diaries and letters, provide an exceptional opportunity to witness life at the heart of Restoration England. This book includes every letter which could be located (some of which have been lost for more than a hundred years), and the complete text of each has been newly transcribed and fully annotated. Evelyn and Pepys are revealed in fresh dimensions as many details of their lives and friendship emerge which go unmentioned, or are barely alluded to, in the diaries.GUY DE LA BEDOYERE, historian, archaeologist and broadcaster, has also published an edition of Evelyn's Diary and a collection of pieces by Evelyn, The Writings of John Evelyn.
John Evelyn Boeken
John Evelyn was een Engelse schrijver, tuinier en dagboekschrijver. Zijn memoires, bewaard in dagboekvorm, werpen een significant licht op de kunst, cultuur en politiek van de 17e eeuw. Evelyns geschriften, die sleutelgebeurtenissen zoals de dood van Karel I, de heerschappij van Oliver Cromwell, de Grote Pest van Londen en de Grote Brand van Londen gedetailleerd beschrijven, bieden onschatbare hedendaagse inzichten. Hoewel vaak overschaduwd door zijn tijdgenoot Samuel Pepys, bieden zijn dagboeken een onderscheidend perspectief op het Engelse leven tijdens een tumultueus tijdperk.
