Biography is perhaps the most digestible form of history, and this book is a particularly tasty bite. Once an ordinary residential area, the value of each house in the street is approaching. It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the. This book gives us a highly readable and yet scholarly context to his diaries and his times. The principal authority on seller, the late professor coolie verner, noted over thirty years ago now much has been written about john seller although he went on to add most of it more fancy than fact.
Rates and prices at pepys road bed and breakfast for. In this novel about greed and other human fallibilities, the houses on pepys road in london are characters in their own right. Plague, fire, revolution, national maritime museum, greenwich until 28. Retrace samuel pepys steps in the great fire of london. The history of london, the capital city of england and the united kingdom, extends over 2000 years. Capital features the gentrification of pepys road, a housing. The story centres on a fictional pepys road in south london although there are two actual pepys roads in south london namely in raynes park and new cross and the lives of people with connections to it. Begun in january 1660 and finishing in may 1669, it offers a richly detailed account of some of the most turbulent events of the nations history, including the coronation of king charles ii, the great plague and the great fire of london. The novel is set in london prior to and during the 2008 financial crisis. David marten and his family welcome you to their home, a semidetached victorian family house which has been beautifully refurbished and redecorated and brought up to date with modern technology. Jun 20, 2019 samuel pepys, an english diarist and politician, lived in london during the time of the great plague. It was an event that changed the face of london forever.
Bear stearns and lehman brothers are going under, and the residents of pepys road, londona banker and his shopaholic wife, an old woman dying of a brain tumour and her graffitiartist grandson, pakistani shop owners and a shadowy refugee who works as the meter maid, the young soccer star from. He is a fellow of the royal historical society, has held research posts at the university of oxford and lectured on londons history at the museum of london. Though he rose to become the most powerful administrator in king charles iis navy, when samuel pepys began writing his secret journal in 1660 he was just a young clerk living in london. The great fire of london engulfed,000 houses, nearly 90 churches, and scores of public buildings. Written between 1660 and 1669, as pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the navy office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17thcentury england, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, and wine and his. Aug 29, 2019 the great fire of london engulfed,000 houses, nearly 90 churches, and scores of public buildings. According to historia regum britanniae, by geoffrey of monmouth, london was founded by brutus of troy about 1100 b. The restoration was a period of scientific progress.
The plague diaries of samuel pepys and daniel defoe. London life is chronicled through the residents of a single street in this finely observed novel. Until the mid18th century, london bridge was the only thames bridge below kingston upon thames. This book is a contemporary picture and analysis of life in the city of london uk first two decades of the 21st century. Welcome to our guide for the area around pepys road in lewisham. Seller, pepys and the seventeenthcentury london map trade. Its epicentre is a south london street, pepys roadeverystreet, in all but name.
The story centres on a fictional pepys road in south london although there are two actual pepys. He states that it is divided into an upper and lower town, and draws attention to its two churches of st. Inside pepys london by jonathan bastable nook book ebook. Pepys road bed and breakfast rates for reservations call. Shopkeeper ahmed adeel akhtar and longterm resident petunia gemma jones in bbc1s adsptation of capital. A lecture given at emmanuel college, cambridge, in the cambridge seminars in the history of cartography series 23rd february 2010. We offer accommodation to a wide variety of guests, from tourists from all over the world visiting london, business travellers needing a comfortable base within easy reach of the city, parents visiting their children. On the thames towpath with samuel pepys books the guardian. Pepys read around one book each month through much of his adult life, building an extensive library. Stephen porter is an acknowledged expert on londons history. His fathers first cousin sir richard pepys was elected mp for sudbury in 1640, appointed. Capital isbn 9780571234622 is a novel by john lanchester, published by faber and faber in 2012.
My pepys road is a poor but nicer relation to the fictional one. Taylor interviews over 70 londoners from many walks of life. Its epicentre is a south london street, pepys road everystreet, in all but name. After 25 years living in the capital he now lives in stratforduponavon. It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the arts and entertainment, to politics and religion. On terra firma, both work for wealthy homeowners on a gentrified street called pepys road in the upandcoming south london neighborhood. He purchased a microscope and built a small collection of other technical instruments. Plague, fire, revolution is at the national maritime museum, greenwich, london se10, until 28 march. Pepys road bed and breakfast rates for reservations. Samuel pepys was born in london on february 23, 1633. Find average house prices, current average values and other historic property data with the uks largest datadriven property portal. Samuel pepys is as much a paragon of literature as chaucer and shakespeare.
Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop. With the release of his novel capital, set in london just after the 2007 collapse of. Over the next nine years, he became eyewitness to some of the most significant events in seventeenthcentury english history, among them, the restoration. Its dramatis personae are the streets in the late 1980s i went to an exhibition of the work of three of the great british architects of the twentieth centuryrichard rogers, norman foster and james stirling. Buy a cheap copy of the diary of samuel pepys 1661 book by samuel pepys. Pepys road, sw20 has 182 houses and flats on it with a current average value of. Tanner 18601931, to assist him in writing his pepys biography. Petunia howe an elderly widow who has lived on pepys road for most of her life. The street lanchester has imagined, pepys road, is one built for lower middleclass families in the late 19th century, and the story begins in december 2007, when the value of each house has risen. Pepys also lived in the area for a time, in a nowvanished road near downing street. The principal authority on seller, the late professor coolie verner, noted over thirty years ago now much has. This specific printing is also nice, with a good binding and design. Sep 02, 2016 it was an event that changed the face of london forever.
Trevelyan had passed over to him the extensive notes and papers of the pepys scholar j. Property details for 126 pepys road london sw20 8ny zoopla. Written between 1660 and 1669, as pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the navy office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17thcentury england, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, and wine and his peccadilloes. Jul 30, 2015 a lecture given at emmanuel college, cambridge, in the cambridge seminars in the history of cartography series 23rd february 2010. Mar 08, 2012 my pepys road is a poor but nicer relation to the fictional one the setting for a new state of the nation novel, capital, is very different from the real street that shares its name. The diary of samuel pepys 1661 book by samuel pepys. Capital a big name for a big, fat london novel arrives in the bookshops with a fair. Later in the 1660s, pepys began to think of writing a naval history, an aim he would. The corporation of london was charged with oversight of the hospital. Pepys vividly records his experience of living through these events, along with eyewitness accounts that he obtained through his wide network of contacts.
It was the first time in history this had ever been true a truth. Doubletree by hilton london greenwich london hotels midrange chain hotel from. Pepys road, the community, on the brink of financial crisis in london, 2008. A special place to stay in london 1 pepys road, london se14 5se david marten and his family welcome you to their home, a semidetached victorian family house which has been beautifully refurbished and redecorated and brought up to date with modern technology. The diary of samuel pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in english history. Capital is a threepart british television adaptation of john lanchesters novel capital.
Honest to a fault national endowment for the humanities neh. The pepys library houses one of the most significant collections of books and manuscripts in british history. The first episode was broadcast on bbc one on 24 november 2015. We offer accommodation to a wide variety of guests, from tourists from all over the world visiting london, business travellers needing a comfortable base within easy reach of the city, parents visiting. Although it focuses on the story of one single street pepys road in south london it cleverly weaves in an enormous amount of colourful life stories and is full of vivid images about its inhabitants.
Paul, and to its royal marine arsenal, the creation of henry. A sightseers guide to samuel pepyss london londonist. Howard timberlake retraces the footsteps of samuel pepys during the great fire of london through his vivid and detailed diary entries. It was the first time in history this had ever been true. This 6 bed freehold semidetached house is located at 126 pepys road, london sw20 8ny and has an estimated current value of. Plague, fire, revolution at the national maritime museum, greenwich 020 8312 6565. Pepys records information on the restoration of the stuart monarchy, the plague, and the great fire of london, and readers are able to gain a greater understanding of this tumultuous time period through his writing. Pepys road in south london where i live is having a moment. Pauls cathedral was destroyed, as were many other historic landmarks. This book is a contemporary picture and analysis of life in the city of london uk first two decades of the 21st. He gave very little by way of personal detail and assumed that no preamble was. Mar 03, 2012 the street lanchester has imagined, pepys road, is one built for lower middleclass families in the late 19th century, and the story begins in december 2007, when the value of each house has risen. Pepys was a welleducated man who attended cambridge university and became successful due to his occupation as an administrator in the navy and his position as the president of the royal society stack, m and griffin, l.
Our 2012 book of the year was also enjoyed by many others. Capital, a novel by john lanchester the new york times. Pepyss rise to prominence was all the more striking given his humble origins. Everyday life in london 16501703 by stephen porter isbn. The diary of samuel pepys is probably the most famous diary in the english language. John lanchesters capital thats how the light gets in. In that time, it has become one of the worlds most significant financial and cultural capital cities. The diary of samuel pepys audiobook samuel pepys audible.
Pepys, a civil servant remained in london throughout the great plague, a sort of restoration key worker. The average house price in pepys road, london se14 is. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The nearest station to pepys road is brockley railway station which is about 7 minutes to the south east.
His great uncle talbot pepys was recorder and briefly member of parliament mp for cambridge in 1625. The same year, the bookseller moses pitt dedicated a book six dialogues about. Shortly before the present correspondence, having been greatly impressed by bryants book on charles ii, the historian g. The street lanchester has imagined, pepys road, is one built for lower middleclass families in the late 19th century, and the story begins in december 2007, when the value of each house has risen so spectacularly that the people who currently own them are all rich, and have done much knocking through.
The overlays that highlight 17th century london features are approximate and derived from wenceslaus hollars maps builtup london london before the fire city of london wall and great fire damage london after the fire. Inside pepys london reveals a vivid picture of london at a critical point in history, as it was poised to become a major center of international commerce and culture. This book details the events and past history of several families in pepys road. My pepys road is a poor but nicer relation to the fictional one the setting for a new state of the nation novel, capital, is very different from the real street that shares its name.
Samuel pepys, an english diarist and politician, lived in london during the time of the great plague. Pepys has paid great attention to the history of his fam ily, and in 1887 he published an interesting work entitled genealogy of the pepys family, 12731887, london, george bell and sons, which. It has withstood plague, devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, terrorist attacks, and riots the city of london is the historic core of the greater london metropolis, and is. Were a young family who enjoy having people to stay in our beautiful bed and breakfast. Samuel pepyss london was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the great plague and the great fire. If you wanted to cross it or travel up the banks you needed to take a small boat piloted by a waterman. The street lanchester has imagined, pepys road, is one built for. Plague, fire, revolution, national maritime museum, greenwich until 28 march 2016. There have been 25 property sales on pepys road over the last 5 years with an. The prologue of capital describes their genesis in the late 19th century and the social history of their owners, right down to that flashpoint of financial history 2007 where the main action begins.
Jun 06, 2017 its 2008 and things are falling apart. Pepys was born in salisbury court, fleet street, london on 23 february 1633, the son of john pepys 16011680, a tailor, and margaret pepys nee kite. Pepys road guide pepys road, london se14 nearby hotels. Pepys has paid great attention to the history of his family, and in 1887 he published an interesting work entitled genealogy of the pepys family, 12731887, london, george bell and sons, which contains the fullest pedigrees of the family yet issued. Inside pepys london by jonathan bastable nook book.
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