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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.

Samuel Pepys is well known for his brilliantly evocative diary, which gives an unsurpassed insight into daily life in Restoration London. However, it seems that Peep's also had a dark side. Something that's

been overlooked or ignored in his diaries for centuries is that Peep's was a self-confessed sexual predator and an abuser of

women. Biographer Guy de la Bedwayre explains all to David Musgrove.

Today I am delighted to be joined by Guy de la Bedouyer, who is a Roman historian by trade,

but also maintains a keen interest in

the diarist Samuel Pepes, the famous 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys. So Guy, welcome back to the podcast. How are you? Very well, thank you. Nice to see you, Dave. Yeah, and you. Okay, so Peeps. Here's a few things about peeps. He was a great diarist. He was corrupt. He was a domestic

abuser. He was a groomer. He was a groper. He was a serial adulterer. He was a rapist. Is that a fair

assessment? It's only part of the story. And let's not forget that everything you've just said

there is by his own personal testimony from the diary. That's where

that evidence comes from. But it also demonstrates that this was a man who was enormously

esteemed by his contemporaries, who was a brilliant naval administrator. He was an extraordinarily

curious and interesting man who had a great love of life. And although he was

appalling in some of his treatment of women, it would be a complete misrepresentation, not to

point out, that he also adored the company of women to and delighted in them. So he is absolutely

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