Literary curiosity may create an insatiable desire in readers ofThe (fictional) Journal of Mrs. Pepys (St. Martin's, $11.95), to readthe Diary of Samuel Pepys, that most fruitful guide to life inEngland in the mid-1600s, when the monarchy was restored. But even ifthere is no time at the moment for Sam, the imagined words of hiswife, Elizabeth, are a delight to read.
Author Sara George, the daughter of Peter George, author of Dr.Strangelove, liberally leans on the Pepys' diary in creating theentries in Elizabeth's diary, imagining the wife's intimate life fromhints dropped by Sam. The fictional diary precisely overlays theyears of Sam's diary-1660-69-starting when Elizabeth …
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