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The joy of an unexpurgated Pepys — without the bother of reading it oneself

Leighton Pugh’s extraordinary feat is to read aloud the entire Diary — all 116 hours of it — and bring 17th-century London magnificently to life

22 August 2015

9:00 AM

22 August 2015

9:00 AM

We all know about Samuel Pepys witnessing the Great Fire in his Diaries, but how many have read the definitive Latham and Matthews nine-volume edition, published between 1970 and 1983, complete with Pepys’s coded sections and his inconsistent and archaic spellings? Certainly the only person in the world to have read it aloud in its unexpurgated entirety is Leighton Pugh, on this three-volume 116-hour Naxos recording released between January and May this year.

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660–1669. Read unabridged by Leighton Pugh (Naxos Audio Books). Volume I: 1660–1663: 34 CDs, 42¾ hrs, £100; Volume II: 1664–1666: 29 CDs, 37½ hrs, ££85; Volume III: 1667–1669 : 29 CDs, 36 hrs,££85. Available from naxosdirect.co.uk and amazon.co.uk and downloads fromnaxosaudiobooks.com and audible.co.uk.

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