{"product_id":"2940170136797","title":"The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660-1663","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Samuel Pepys\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most entertaining documents in English history.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the Navy Office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theater, food, wine and his peccadilloes.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Naxos AudioBooks production is the world premiere recording of the diary in its entirety. It has been divided into three volumes. Volume I covers the opening years of the Restoration and introduces us to many of the key characters - family, government and royalty.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePepys was there when Charles II returned to England, and he lived through those opening years of the Stuart monarchy, with its revenge on the regicides. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also recorded the reopening of theaters, and how England relaxed from years of the Puritan way of life.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e©1983 Robert Latham (Magdalene College, Cambridge) and William Matthews (University of California) (P)2014 Naxos AudioBooks\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos Audiobooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115009523952,"sku":"2940170136797","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170136797_p0.jpg?v=1763703116","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170136797","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}