Evidence: | 'Thence by water to Redriffe, reading a new French book my Lord Brouncker did give me today, "L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules", being a pretty Libell against the amours of the French court.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1 May 1666 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: in a water taxi on the Thames |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy |
Title: | L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1665 or 1666 |
Provenance: | borrowed (private library) |
Record ID: | 14219 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
Vol: | 7 | |
Page: | 114 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14219, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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