288. Samuel Pepys Was Not “A Man of His Time” with Guy de la Bédoyère | Gloucester History Festival Special #4
About this episode
Guy de la Bédoyère challenges the traditional portrayal of Samuel Pepys, revealing hidden truths about his diary and the historical narrative surrounding him.
Samuel Pepys exposed: secrets, suppression, and the truth behind his diary. Samuel Pepys Was Not What You Think… EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING - NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! For generations, Samuel Pepys has been portrayed as a witty observer of Restoration London — a charming administrator who documented plague, fire, and naval reform. But what if that version of Pepys wasn’t the full story? In this explosive Gloucester History Festival Special , historian and author Guy de la Bédoyère joins History Rage to challenge the long-standing myth that Pepys was simply “a man of his time.” Drawing on decades of research — including learning Pepys’s original shorthand — Guy reveals how editors suppressed, mistranslated, and obscured disturbing passages from the diary for over 200 years. What You’ll Discover in This Episode This episode goes beyond familiar Pepys anecdotes and digs into the hidden layers of his diary — and the people who shaped how history remembers him. Inside this episode: Why large sections of Pepys’s diary were deliberately removed or mistranslated How 19th- and 20th-century editors shaped the public image of Pepys The truth behind Pepys’s secret use of foreign languages and…
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