Publisher's Synopsis
In 1655 a beautiful, talented young Huguenot girl of 15 married a humble 'mean little clerk' called Samuel Pepys.
Pepys in love - Elizabeth's Story is a totally factual account derived from Lord Braybrook's edition of the Diary. It also incorporates new research, including Huguenot and French records of Elizabeth's life, her eccentric family, her wild tempestuous marriage with the 'Saviour of the Navy' and her numerous admirers - from the Duke of York, 'My Lord' Edward Mountagu and the Bordeaux wine shipper William Batailley to Samuel's lifelong friend, William Hewer. Praise for Pepys in Love - Elizabeth's Story:'The story of the enigmatic women behind one of history's most fascinating characters. Master of the military tome, Delaforce combines typical insightful/ intrepid research with surprising lightness of touch for a read that's as suitably beguiling as his subject' - Amazon review Patrick Delaforce (1923-2018) fought with the 11th Armoured Division as a troop leader in Normandy and as a forward observation officer in The Netherlands and Germany during the Second World War. He published more than twenty books, including The Black Bull, Churchill's Desert Rats (in two volumes), The Fighting Wessex Wyverns, Monty's Iron Sides, The Polar Bears and Taming the Panzers.
