Diary (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
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- Author: John Evelyn
- First Published: 1818
- Type of Work: Diary
- Time of Work: 1620-1706
- Setting: England and the Continent
- Principal Characters: John Evelyn, Charles I, Charles II, James II, Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys, Queen Mary, William of Orange, Queen Anne, Jeremy Taylor
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Diary
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Europe or Europeans, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Government, Armies, Gardens or gardening, Monarchy
- Locales: Europe, England
An intimate of people in high places, John Evelyn was able to observe at first hand many of the significant events and developments of his time. To his observation, he brought a mind remarkable in a turbulent era for its calmness, balance, and acuity. His diary is a contribution of exceptional value to our understanding of seventeenth-century England.
Evelyn, the son of a large landowner, was a royalist and an Anglican. He served briefly in the army of Charles I, but, after the king’s retreat in 1641, he resigned, believing that further service would mean financial ruin for...
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