Word: pepysians
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Dates: during 1939-1939
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Chiefly interesting for their light on Morris' much-maligned business and political activities in France, the diaries are also notable for their account of the Terror, their Pepysian observations on political and social intrigue among the French upper crust. Even his enemies might enjoy Gouverneur Morris' formal candor in describing his tempestuous affair with the Comtesse de Flauhaut ("As I am heavy and plagued with a Head Ache Madame will not let me give her Pleasure, as it may injure my Health. This is Kind...
...from confirming this impression, the unexpurgated diary shows Greville as extremely scrupulous-too scrupulous-in omitting just this kind of Pepysian gossip. His diary deals almost entirely with serious political events-Cabinet crises, diplomatic juggling, Queen Victoria's shrewish squabbles with her ministers. Its value: that Greville, a shrewd and accurate reporter, wrote from the inside, that most of the leading political and literary figures of the day-the Duke of Wellington, Palmerston, Peel, the Princess de Lieven, Macaulay-were his friends. His scandals -such as the lustful Duke of Cumberland's attack on Lady Lyndhurst-are those...
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