The joys of excess - Samuel Pepys

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Title
The joys of excess
Author
Samuel Pepys
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20110407

As well as being the most celebrated diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys was also a hearty drinker, eater and connoisseur of epicurean delights, who indulged in every pleasure seventeenth-century London had to offer.

Whether he is feasting on barrels of oysters, braces of carps, larks' tongues and copious amounts of wine, merrymaking in taverns until the early hours, attending formal dinners with lords and ladies or entertaining guests at home with his young wife, these irresistible selections from Pepys's diaries provide a frank, high-spirited and vivid picture of the joys of over-indulgence - and the side-effects afterwards.

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Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a naval administrator, Member of Parliament and best remembered as a diarist. Kept between 1660-1669 and written in Shelton's shorthand, Pepys' diary recorded major historical events, like The Plague and The Great Fire of London alongside his more personal concerns and activities, including politics, his work in public life and rows with his wife, Elizabeth.
Throughout are his fulsome thoughts on food, including his first encounters with drinking chocolate.

Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Food habits - England - London - Early works to 1800.|Drinking of alcoholic beverages - England - London - Early works to 1800.|London (England) - Social life and customs - Early works to 1800.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
83

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