Do you want to know what people ate and drank in Restoration London? Or what they wore and how they amused themselves? Apply to S. Pepys. He was a serious, career-minded civil servant for most of the working day, but as soon as his duties were done - and sometimes sooner - he had fun. Providentially for us, he wrote it all down.
Sex, Lice and Chamber Pots in Pepys' London
By Liza Picard
Last updated 2011-02-17
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