His library, currently housed at Magdalene College, contains over three thousand volumes, many of them collected and bound by Joshua Kirton.
His library, currently housed at Magdalene College, contains over three thousand volumes, many of them collected and bound by Joshua Kirton. He conducted affairs with Mrs. Bagwell and his wife's maid, though he was intensely afraid that the "dancing-master" Pembleton was seducing his wife in turn. His wife Elizabeth's death in November 1669 came shortly after the completion of this man's longest work, which started on January 1st, 1660, after the removal of a kidney stone. For 10 points, identify this man who wrote of the Second Dutch War, Great London Fire, and English Restoration in his noted nine-year-long private diary.
His library, currently housed at Magdalene College, contains over three thousand volumes, many of them collected and bound by Joshua Kirton.
Samuel {Pepys} ('PEEPS')