{"product_id":"walking-pepyss-london-9781913368289","title":"Walking Pepys's London","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jacky Colliss Harvey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Haus Pub.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Haus Pub.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - Stuart Era (1603-1714)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings to life the world of Samuel Pepys with five walks through London.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Samuel Pepys, the seventeenth century's best-known diarist, walked around London for miles, chronicling these walks in his diary. He made the two-and-a-half-mile trek to Whitehall from his house near the Tower of London on an almost daily basis. These streets, where many of his professional conversations took place while walking, became for him an alternative to his office. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eWalking \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePepys's London\u003c\/i\u003e, we come to know life in London from the pavement up and see its streets from the perspective of this renowned diarist. The city was a key character in Pepys's life, and this book draws parallels between his experience of seventeenth-century London and the lives of Londoners today. Bringing together geography, biography, and history, Jacky Colliss Harvey reconstructs the sensory and emotional experience of Pepys's time. Full of fascinating details, \u003ci\u003eWalking Pepys's London\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensitive exploration into the places that made the greatest English diarist of all time. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46318902575255,"sku":"9781913368289","price":2235.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781913368289.webp?v=1767712743","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/walking-pepyss-london-9781913368289","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}