It wasn't only maids though. A condition of him giving government contracts was him having sex with the wives of the contractors. He preferred it if the wives didn't want to. He was vile and shouldn't be celebrated
He was nasty. Celebrated at charles' beheading then sucked up to his brother when the rip-off royals were brought back. He was a self serving prick and there was nothing good or noble about him.
I think you might mean ‘The Dark Side of Samuel Pepys by Geoffrey Pimm. Try Pepys The Unequaled Self by Claire Tomalin. Also, Women and the History of Samuel Pepy’s Diary, The Historical Journal, Volume 65, Issue 5, December 2022, pp. 1221-1243, https:doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X21000716
Or you could accept that the exerts taken from his diary show him to he a predator. Even the clip used at the start of this thread references sexual assault. Glorifying him is like glorifying weinstien
"Master Pepys did again lay hands upon me as I worked, his manner light and jesting, though I felt nought but shame. There is no one to whom I might turn for my station doth leave me bound to his will. Though my heart is heavy, I remain silent, for who would listen to the words of a servant?"
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Not feeling this Pepys vibe at all
Not made of respect or good will