Dark Side of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys is popularly known as the founder of the modern navy, a member of the Royal Society and most of all, as a unique and frank diarist. Less well known is the fact that he was a serial sexual offender by modern standards; a voyeur, a groper and a rapist.

Set against the London society of Charles II's restoration, and extensively using Pepys' own words, this book concerns his numerous extramarital affairs, often using his professional status and position of influence to advance the careers of his subordinates, in return for the sexual favors of their wives.

With his own very frank descriptions, translated from the strange mix of languages and the seventeenth century shorthand he used to camouflage the content, the reader witnesses in often very graphic detail how Pepys set about achieving his lascivious objectives - on occasion resorting to physical force where persuasion or bribery failed. Whether she be wife, daughter, mother or humble maidservant, no woman was safe from his rapacious sexual appetite.

This book shows the reader a little known, dark and sometimes very disturbing aspect of Samuel Pepys' character, one which even in his own day, he would not have wanted to be publicly aired.

Samuel Pepys este cunoscut in mod popular ca fondatorul marinei moderne, membru al Societatii Regale si, mai presus de toate, ca un diarist unic si sincer. Mai putin cunoscut este faptul ca a fost un infractor sexual in serie conform standardelor moderne; un voyeur, un bazait si un violator. Asezat impotriva societatii londoneze de restaurare a lui Carol al II-lea si folosind pe larg cuvintele proprii ale lui Pepys, aceasta carte se refera la numeroasele sale relatii extraconjugale, folosindu-se adesea de statutul sau profesional si de pozitia de influenta pentru a avansa in carierele sale. Cu propriile sale descrieri foarte sincere, traduse din amestecul ciudat de limbi si din stenograma secolului al XVII-lea pe care il obisnuia pentru a camufla continutul, cititorul asista in detalii deseori foarte grafice la modul in care Pepys a pornit despre realizarea obiectivelor sale lascive - recurgand uneori la forta fizica in care convingerea sau mita esuau.