Reviews for Bernard Shaw: The Man and the Mask

The average rating for Bernard Shaw: The Man and the Mask based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-10 00:00:00 Kristina Petersen "...and God forgive me, I do still see that my nature is not to be quite conquered, but will esteem pleasure above all things;" - Samuel Pepys, Diary, 9 March 1666 Loved it. I'm not sure why I didn't rate/review the complete Pepys in 2015. An oversight, obviously. Here are my reviews of the individual books/years in the collection: 1. Vol. I: 1660 - Read October 17, 2015 2. Vol. II: 1661 - Read October 24, 2015 3. Vol. III: 1662 - Read October 30, 2015 4. Vol. IV: 1663 - Read November 5, 2015 5. Vol. V: 1664 - Read November 16, 2015 6. Vol. VI: 1665 - Read November 25, 2015 7. Vol. VII: 1666 - Read December 1, 2015 8. Vol. VIII: 1667 - Read December 13, 2015 9. Vol. IX: 1668-1669 - Read December 24, 2015

Review # 2 was written on 2009-10-08 00:00:00 Greg Bales Dear Diary, Read this rather interesting book comprised of the diary entries of one Mr. Samuel Pepys. In and of itself, the diary is not altogether engaging. It is however quite interesting for its descriptions of the Great Fire of 1666, which burned down much of London. Aside from that, what I found truly intriguing was the chance to glimpse a man's daily life as he lived it so many hundreds of years ago. A rare thing indeed. Granted Pepys was no ordinary man. He rubbed elbows with royalty, for godsake! Even so, Pepys, it turns out, was as real and flawed as any man (man as in male in one specific way...that randy dawg!). The addition of these admissions was like throwing the occasional firecracker in amongst the other somewhat mundane passages. Don't know that I would recommend The Diary of Samuel Pepys to everyone...but then again, diaries aren't written for mass consumption, are they?