Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
Eavesdrop on seventeenth-century London through the eyes of a man who documented everything—from court intrigue to the Great Fire—in prose that feels startlingly immediate and gossipy. Pepys' unfiltered accounts capture the texture of daily life with the casual intimacy of a friend's text messages, making history feel urgently alive.
