The secret diary

It is the work of a man who experienced a tumultuous time in English history with great intensity and recorded it in his secret diary for nine years with a brilliant pen. There is nothing that this citizen of metropolitan London did not take an interest in. Above all, he was captivated by politics, but he was also a theater enthusiast and music lover, leaving behind an almost complete calendar of contemporary London cultural life. In his enthusiasm for literature and sermons, he conveys a vivid picture of the intellectual life of his era.