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Loading... The Diary of John Evelynby John Evelyn
   Used books to buy next (483) No current Talk conversations about this book. Old library books, two volumes from 1901   C.J.J.Anderson | Jun 8, 2014 |  I read Evelyn's Diary after having read Pepys' and Boswell's. The first quarter of Evelyn's Diary about his voyages in France and Italy is really dull. This is a mere description of monuments, with only very few anecdotes. The diary written during the Restoration is much more interesting. I found the description of the damage caused by the Great Fire much better than what Pepys wrote himself. It's also funny to remark that, although Pepys and Evelyn knew each other quite well and frequented the same persons, they had different affinities with the royals. For instance, Evelyn almost never mention the Duke of York, while Pepys does a lot. This is perhaps due to the Duke being a Catholic while Evelyn was a Protestant not willing to compromise with Papists... (  )1  Pepys | Jan 23, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
These diaries span most of Evelyn's long life--from the reign of James I in 1620 to the reign of Queen Anne in 1706. This selection, based on the Oxford Standard Authors edition, comprises nearly one third of the Diaries and is the only edition now in print. No library descriptions found. |
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