About the Author

Jacky Collis Harvey is a writer and editor. She has worked in museum publishing for the past 20 years and is a commentator and reviewer who speaks in both the UK and abroad on the arts and their relation to popular culture. She is the author of the bestseller RED: A History of the Redhead and most recently The Animal’s Companion.

Reviews

‘… invites us to step into Pepys’s shoes’ The Telegraph; ‘The writing is crisp, the directions are clear, the maps are usable … it is as good a book of its kind as one could hope for, and I urge anyone with a fondness for Pepys to buy it.’Times Literary Supplement