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Plus he knew pretty much everyone at court from King Charles II down. You feel as if you also know them all personally after reading Pepys for a while.

• fmajid 4y ago
  And he freely used blackmail to extort sex from the wives of political dissidents.
  • hodgesrm 4y ago
    I'm not sure which incident you are referring to, but Pepys was not a great human being in many ways. The fact that he revealed himself so deeply makes the diaries quite remarkable.