Pepys and Evelyn first came to know each other during the Second Dutch War (1664-7) when, while the Plague decimated the London they both loved, they were preoccupied with the business of sick and wounded seamen. Nearly forty years later they were still corresponding, but now 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 experience life at the heart of Restoration England and the late seventeenth century.Remarkably, although the existence of the Pepys-Evelyn letters has been widely known since their diaries were first transcribed and published in the early nineteenth century, the correspondence has never previously been published in its entirety. This edition includes every letter which could be located, some of which have been lost for more than a hundred years: the full text is freshly transcribed and fully annotated. Editorial problems are discussed in full, making this the definitive edition of the correspondence Hundreds of details of their lives and friendship emerge which go unmentioned, or are barely alluded to, in the diaries.
- ISBN10 0585250537
- ISBN13 9780585250533
- Publish Date December 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Imprint The Boydell Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 352
- Language English