Diaries written during the Great Plague are not so numerous. Of the few available, the most valuable is that of naval administrator Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), whose exceptionally detailed and ...
How do we know what life was like in the past? Hundreds of years ago, there were no smart phones or cameras. Many people couldn't read or write because they didn't go to school. Back then, only ...
A new £2 coin released to mark 350 years since Samuel ... the Great Plague, features on the coin which will not enter general circulation. The coin is inscribed with words from Pepys' last ...