Samuel and Bess Tales 1660-1700

“The Night He Came Home…Halloween, 1667…” “Bad days, Captain Hill, bad days…But we shall endure.” “I

“Legendary…” London…August 1665…The plague has devastated the city…Tens of thousands dead… But those

Surrmary: Sam and Bess take a ride on the dark side... No doubt the coachman assured them it was just

“Now let me understand this, son...” John Sr., blinking. “You're giving up your position at the

Heaven... Bess, reading. Door locked against a nervous Sam... "Some passages are bad...And

"Professor Hooke, the London Gazette's readers want the scoop on the Medway spy caper, what

“Pepysing at an Exhibition…” “Lely?!” “Oh, no…” sigh. “Ah, there you are…Thought I'd drop by and

Evening...Rising mist as darkness engulfs London...A rather well- dressed man carefully scouts about

(Take a look at the Diary entry for December 25th, 1666...www.pepysdiary.com) Trying to sneak off to

Vampire spaniel? *** Gresham College...1666... "You may murmur if you will..." Murmur,

Diary of Alternate Sam… October 20, 1666… Up with the cock, for God knows what reason, there being

So…If young Batten is unacceptable and it's beneath the dignity of Admiral Sir Will P to command

Meanwhile… That den of inquity, the Vatican… Where even now the final plans for the latest move

A Pepysian Christmas Carol... "Cromwell was dead…To begin with. You must believe that Cromwell

Day before Christmas, 1665... Sam off in Greenwich with no intention of making it to London and the

“Don Draper” having had his chance to outline his strategy on SNL, I felt it only fair to let Sam

All Hallows Eve 1700… Now upon this midnight dreary… Though Diary, I ponder, old and weary… Dreaming

To celebrate Sam's role in the Carteret-Montagu wedding, the social event of July 1665...(see www

Prologue and Chapter one and link to the ongoing tale... Summary: Based on my other story web site,

And that's what it is, all centering on the famous diarist and his long-suffering, wonderful wife