samuel pepys

This subforum is headed "Literary Fiction," but it seems we can include other forms of literature too. Elsewhere there's a thread on diarist Samuel Pepys: Samuel Pepys and 17th century London Here might be a good place to discuss e.g. the diaries of Francis Kilvert.

The BBC has a magazine piece about the life of Samuel Pepys: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34786023 It intrigued me enough to look for his diaries, which are available (heavily annotated) to download via Amazon (and no doubt from other sites, such as Project Gutenberg...