Samuel Pepys has been keeping a diary for ten years; a diary that tells of his life at the court of Charles II. And of his own marital indiscretions.Now it has been stolen, along with his wife's favourite locket. Samuel must get it back, or he might lose his head in the Tower. He will certainly lose his wife, who thinks he's given her locket to his latest mistress. Together with his best friend, Will Hewer, he embarks on a quest to recover the lost...