The Diary of John Evelyn (Volume 1 of 2)
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Evelyn%27s_Diary Release date is 2012-10-29
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Linda Hamilton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Produced by Charlene Taylor, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Linda Hamilton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
"The Diary of John Evelyn (Volume 1 of 2)" by John Evelyn is a diary first published in 1818. This chronicle spans from 1640 to 1706, documenting the life of a Royalist gentleman and virtuoso through decades of English history. Beginning when Evelyn was a student at the Middle Temple, the entries blend contemporary observations with later reflections compiled from notes. His travels, encounters, and experiences offer a window into seventeenth-century life, creating a work that would later inspire attention to Samuel Pepys's more famous diary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Early works to 1800 Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 -- Diaries Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800