The third cycle (lasting a decade each) of a daily entry from the diary of Samuel Pepys is starting today, 1st January 2023. From the Penguin edition descripti

The third cycle (lasting a decade each) of a daily entry from the diary of Samuel Pepys is starting today, 1st January 2023. From the Penguin edition description: A collection of scintillating first-hand accounts of Restoration England, from the most tumultuous events to the simplest domestic pleasures. The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London - Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. As well as recording public and historical events, Pepys paints a vivid picture of his personal life, from his socializing and amorous entanglements, to his theatre-going and his work at the Navy Board. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits and sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece and a marvellous portrait of seventeenth-century life.