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• Winner of Commendation for SHARP DeLong Book History Book Prize 2016.

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Dr Loveman's research has been wide-ranging, and the multifarious details which she has culled from her reading are beautifully integrated into her thematic explorations. * Paul Hammond, The Seventeenth Century * Loveman's work has not only set the standard for all future scholarship on anything related to Pepys and books; it also models what ought to become a key approach to the history of reading more generally. Few archives are as rich as those surrounding Pepys, but the kinds of questions that Loveman poses, and the ways in which they can help us think through the perennial problem of exemplarity (or the lack thereof), point toward an exciting future for the field. It's a remarkable book, one well worth engaging with, whether or not you have any specific interest in Pepys. * Trude Dijkstra, Bibliographical Society of America * Even avid readers of the Diary will not be prepared for the wealth of knowledge that emerges from this brilliant study. * George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 * Kate Loveman has provided one of the best case-studies available of how one reader used his books in the seventeenth century. * Austen Saunders, Cambridge Quarterly * As a study of Restoration book culture, this will be essential reading for all bibliographers and book historians, but it is also a major contribution to Pepyss intellectual biography * Arnold Hunt, The Times Literary Supplement * This book, the result of many years of detailed work on Pepys and his books, should be welcomed as a substantial new addition to the literature on early modern private libraries, and not just as a study of its particular famous subject. * David Pearson, Library * With enthusiasm and an incisive critical eye, Loveman analyses Pepys' varied attention to histories, plays, romances, novels, scientific books, biblical exegesis, and religious controversy across works in Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin ... astute [and] wry. * Peter J. Smith, Times Higher Education * Kate Loveman's Samuel Pepys and his Books abounded in memorable touches. * Christopher Howse, The Spectator * deeply researched and elegantly written ... The richly textured picture which emerges of how Pepys and his associates used their books cannot fail to inform and entertain anyone interested in the period. * Paul Hammond, The Seventeenth Century * Loveman's work is a valuable contribution to the history of reading ... a well-written and clearly presented work ... This is a book that will be of great interest to anyone working on the history of reading. * Lena Liapi, Reviews in History *

Dr Loveman's research has been wide-ranging, and the multifarious details which she has culled from her reading are beautifully integrated into her thematic explorations. * Paul Hammond, The Seventeenth Century * Loveman's work has not only set the standard for all future scholarship on anything related to Pepys and books; it also models what ought to become a key approach to the history of reading more generally. Few archives are as rich as those surrounding Pepys, but the kinds of questions that Loveman poses, and the ways in which they can help us think through the perennial problem of exemplarity (or the lack thereof), point toward an exciting future for the field. It's a remarkable book, one well worth engaging with, whether or not you have any specific interest in Pepys. * Trude Dijkstra, Bibliographical Society of America * Even avid readers of the Diary will not be prepared for the wealth of knowledge that emerges from this brilliant study. * George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 * Kate Loveman has provided one of the best case-studies available of how one reader used his books in the seventeenth century. * Austen Saunders, Cambridge Quarterly * As a study of Restoration book culture, this will be essential reading for all bibliographers and book historians, but it is also a major contribution to Pepyss intellectual biography * Arnold Hunt, The Times Literary Supplement * This book, the result of many years of detailed work on Pepys and his books, should be welcomed as a substantial new addition to the literature on early modern private libraries, and not just as a study of its particular famous subject. * David Pearson, Library * With enthusiasm and an incisive critical eye, Loveman analyses Pepys' varied attention to histories, plays, romances, novels, scientific books, biblical exegesis, and religious controversy across works in Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin ... astute [and] wry. * Peter J. Smith, Times Higher Education * Kate Loveman's Samuel Pepys and his Books abounded in memorable touches. * Christopher Howse, The Spectator * deeply researched and elegantly written ... The richly textured picture which emerges of how Pepys and his associates used their books cannot fail to inform and entertain anyone interested in the period. * Paul Hammond, The Seventeenth Century * Loveman's work is a valuable contribution to the history of reading ... a well-written and clearly presented work ... This is a book that will be of great interest to anyone working on the history of reading. * Lena Liapi, Reviews in History *

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Kate Loveman is Associate Professor in English Literature 1600-1789 at the University of Leicester. She is the author of Reading Fictions, 1660-1740: Deception in English Literary and Political Culture (2008). Her other publications include articles on book history, eighteenth-century novels, and the introduction of chocolate into England.

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