The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys

By Jack Jewers,

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It is the summer of 1669 and England is in dire straits. The treasury's coffers are bare and tensions with the powerful Dutch Republic are boiling over. And now, an investigator sent by the King to look into corruption at the Royal Navy has been brutally murdered. Loathe to leave…

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1 author picked The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Another historical novel, this time we go even further back to London and Portsmouth in the 1660s and our hero this time is none other than diarist Samuel Pepys himself.

However, in this book, he’s a go-getting 30-something with a mission to find the killer of one of the navy’s clerks – and it brings him into scraps and scrapes with all sorts of characters. This is a skillfully crafted adventure, with everything from highwaymen, hidden agents, and hijinx on the high seas, with the perfect amount of in-depth character work to really get you invested in the story and…

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