A Long and Illustrious History
Samuel Pepys is famous for writing:
AA diary of London life in the 17th century covering the Great Plague and Great Fire ✓
BThe very first English-language newspaper, published on a regular and consistent basis
CThe very first novel ever written and published in the English language in Britain
DA comprehensive and definitive written history of the entire English Civil War period
Answer & explanation
The correct answer is A diary of London life in the 17th century covering the Great Plague and Great Fire.
Samuel Pepys kept a famous diary from 1660 to 1669 that gives a vivid picture of life in 17th-century London, including eyewitness accounts of the Great Plague (1665) and Great Fire of London (1666).
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