About the Author

Robert Latham was Pepys Librarian at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was the editor of the definitive eleven-volume edition of The Diary of Samuel Pepys as well as the acclaimed Shorter Pepys, both of which are published by University of California Press. Linnet Latham worked on the Diary, and its various shorter forms.

Reviews

"Best of all there is the character of the diarist himself. For all his ambition, vanity and endless flair for self-deception, there is something irresistibly charming about him."--Thomas D'Evelyn, "The Economist