The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Peter Ackroyd It is an invaluable picture of daily life in mid-17th century London and one that has never really been rivalled by any other diarist. (Source)

Alex Carlile Pepys gives you a total flavour of his time. It’s a wonderful picture of London – no one else has written remotely as well about London in those days. (Source)

Alex Chase-Levenson Pepys is a really great person to follow through an epidemic. He records day by day what it’s like to live in a plague-stricken city, and shows us the intertwining of things that are normal and things that are surreal. (Source)