|
Description: ISBN 0670885681 / Author: Claire Tomalin / Genre: Biography / A full-scale biography of naval administrator Samuel Pepys, who was ... more Newest Review: ... the p layers and the audience in the theatre… His conflicting emotions – indignation and anger, pity for her and ... more |
||
Books Price Comparison
|
Format: paperback (B format), Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN:
Claire Tomalin was born to write a biography of Samuel Pepys. Her ... |
£ 6.99 |
Postage & Packaging:
£ 2.75 Availability: refer to shop website |
|
|
|
Format: audiobook on cassette, Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN
Claire Tomalin was born to write a biography of Samuel Pepys. Her ... |
£ 13.00 |
Postage & Packaging:
£ 2.75 Availability: refer to shop website |
|
by lynn_bex - written on 02/06/03 (Very useful, 494 readings)
Rating:
Already an acclaimed biographer, Claire Tomalin has excelled herself with this hugely entertaining and detailed biography of Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist and Naval Administrator who lived from 1633 to 1709. This was the worthy winner of the Whitbread Book Of The Year Prize, but some months earlier, when my mother asked me what presents I would like for Christmas 2002, Tomalin’s book was high on my list. “Ooooh,” Mum exclaimed, “Samuel Pepys! Have you gone all intellectual on us?” -And I imagine this to be a common misconception although, in fact, the book is a more “popular” than ...
Products similar to Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled S...
Clutch of Constables - Ngaio Marsh
Probably the best by this author
Seems very old fashioned
Dog's Day - Jane Cabrera
Lovely story, great for young children, bright colourful pictures
None unless you want a longer story with more words
Fear Games - R.L. Stine
A good story.
You need to get all three books to find out what happens.
Inky the Indigo Fairy - Daisy Meadows
Good book with lots of pictures.
Not very long.
Just Desserts - Sue Welfare
Funny and quirky
Strange ending
Publish and be Murdered - Ruth Dudley Edwards
Quite fun
A little tedious at times
The Nursing Home Murder - Ngaio Marsh
The usual strong plot from Ngaio Marsh
Slightly contrived ending
Life and Death in Shanghai - Nien Cheng
A 'real' person's auto-biography
Quite dark
Jumping to Conclusions - Christina Jones
Village life, racing, horses, romance, lust - all life is here!
None



