Samuel Pepys is perhaps the best-known instance of the zest and versatility that characterize the second half of the 17th century, but his cousin and patron Edward Montague, first Earl of Sandwich, and the subject of this biography, offers a no less striking example. He was a successful soldier, a brilliant admiral, a Fellow of the Royal Society, an ambassador charged with the most delicate negotiations and the general overseer of Britain's overseas trade and first uncertain steps in the development of a colonial empire. He was especially valued and liked by both Cromwell and Charles II and was highly praised by both Milton and Clarendon. Yet when he was killed in one of the fiercest actions ever fought he was not yet 50. This biography is based on a study of his journal which was illustrated by his own drawings, many of which are reproduced in this book. The author also wrote a history of the Civil Wars, a contrasted study of Charles I and Charles II, and a biography of Clarendon, Sandwich's friend and colleague in the Restoration government.

Cromwell's earl: A life of Edward Mountagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich

Ollard, Richard Lawrence

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

Ollard, Richard, Pepys: A Biography

Pepys: A biography,

Arts & Literature

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Looks at how geography has shaped the history of the Mediterranean, focusing on life in the sixteenth century

The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II

Business & Money

BRAUDEL, Fernand

Economics

This is a biography of the Earl of Clarendon, a prominent figure of the 17th century, whose achievements as a politician and as a historian remain disputed. Ollard discusses his political career which helped shape the British constitution, which has lasted in essence to the present day, his legacy of the Clarendon Building and collection of paintings plus his historical and autobiographical works, "History of the Revolution", his "Life" and "Continuation of a Life". The work follows his life from his early years to the outbreak of Civil War and the Restoration to his life as Lord Chancellor and his death in 1666. Richard Ollard is also author of "Samuel Pepys".

Clarendon and His Friends

Community & Culture

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Pepys & the development of the British Navy; (Jackdaw)

History

Europe

Jackdaw Publications

Escape of Charles II: After the Battle of Worcester

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Pepys: A biography

Hodder and Stoughton

Aimed at the general reader this well-informed account of the complex events and issues of the Civil War period covers the political background as fully as the great battles and sieges. In the hardback edition, the book was widely praised by historians as a general survey of rare quality.

This war without an enemy: A history of the English civil wars

Hodder&Stoughton

This War Without an Enemy: A History of the English Civil Wars

Atheneum

Traces the life of the Earl of Clarendon and examines his involvement in 17th century English politics

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