The dark side of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys is one of the most famous diarists in history, but as Guy de la Bédoyère suggests, he also had a disturbingly dark side
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Show Notes
Samuel Pepys is well-known for his brilliantly evocative diary, which gives an unsurpassed insight into daily life in Restoration London. However, it turns out Pepys also had a sinister side. Something that has been overlooked or ignored in his diaries for centuries, is that Pepys was a self-confessed sexual predator and abuser of women. Biographer Guy de la Bédoyère explains all to David Musgrove.
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