Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… As a result, his diary and other papers offer a wide-ranging and detailed picture of one man’s socializing across venues and ranks in Restoration London. When he began his diary in January 1660 Pepys could claim to be a gentleman, if … face in Westminster Hall . Part of the Pal ace of Westminster and adjoining the Houses of Parliament, the Hall was a venue for well-off Londoners to shop and exchange political news. There Pepys would visit the bookseller Ann Mitchell, to …
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