![]() In early 1660 General George Monck marches to London (arriving 3 February) and, with his army of 7,000 paid soldiers, holds the whip hand as the most powerful man in the country. Read the full diary entries for January 1660 Pepys reports the news in coded letters back to Mountagu in Hinchingbrooke, until Mountagu’s return to London. Our diarist also visits pubs, often more than once a day, to drink, eat, trade news and occasionally make music with all sorts of men - including fellow clerks, soldiers, sailors, tradesmen and old school chums. He also hosts his own party for family and some friends at Mountagu’s lodgings in Whitehall Palace ( 26 January). ![]() He has dinner and supper with friends, attends a party at the home of Navy surgeon James Pearse, which is a little too wild for Pepys and his wife, Elizabeth ( 24 January). Despite turbulent times Pepys’ social life in the early months of the diary sets a pattern that will become familiar. ![]()
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