Secrets and Scandals from Samuel Pepys’s Diary

Scathing sarcastic disclosures about bumptious officials, hapless family members, squeezes, royals, vicars mix with horrific tales of war, plague and executions by the greatest and wittiest of diarists. And it took 200 years to be deciphered.

Ed Glinert is a much-published author, cruise ships speaker and Britain’s most prolific tour guide, working in Manchester, London and Liverpool as New Manchester Walks, New London Walks and New Liverpool Walks. He has written more than a dozen books for many major publishers, including The London Compendium (Penguin, 2003), The Manchester Compendium (Penguin, 2008) and 111 Places in Yorkshire You Shouldn’t Miss (Emons, 2021). He has also edited the entire Sherlock Holmes canon for Penguin Classics. He specialises in music (most genres), literature, architecture and art