A Plague on Mr Pepys by Deborah Swift
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I quite like the title of A Plague on Mr Pepys, but I wonder if that’s all there is to the book.
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The main character is one of Pepys’ mistresses, Elizabeth Bagwell. The novel is an imagining of what brought her to become his mistress – big gaps in the record so it allows the novelist broad scope. It is well written, the period details are very good, quite gripping in parts and very grim when when it comes to the plague. I’m planning to review it next month (I’ve been very slack with my reviewing this year). The ending is not quite as hopeful as I like my escapist reading to be. Pepys is an important element but not the centre of the story.
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Intriguing. I look forward to the review.
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