John Aubrey

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Brief LivesPaperback, 14 October 2004

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First Person Singular
Part of Series
First Person Singular,
Print Length
336 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Boydell Press
Date Published
14 Oct 2004
ISBN-10
1843831120
ISBN-13
9781843831129

Description

Full edition in modern spelling of Aubrey's racy portraits of greatfigures of 16-17c England, from Sir Walter Raleigh to John Milton.

John Aubrey's racy portraits of the great figures of 17th-centuryEngland stand alongside Pepys's diary as a vivid evocation of the period. Aubrey was born in 1626, the son of a Wiltshire squire; at the age of 26 he inherited a family estate encumbered with debt, and finally went bankrupt in the 1670s. From then on he led a sociable, rootless existence at the houses of friends - from Oxford and the Middle Temple -pursuing the antiquarian studies which had always obsessed him. At his death in 1697 he left a mass of notes and manuscripts, among them the material for Brief Lives. He never managed to put even a single life into logical order; all we have are the raw materials, scribbled down -`tumultuously as they occurred to my thoughts'.
With this full, modern English edition, which reproduces Aubrey's words as closely as possible, Richard Barber introduces us to Aubrey and his world, tells how the Lives came into being and enables many new readers to enjoy this eccentric masterpiece.

Product Details

Authors:
John AubreyRichard Barber
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
14 October 2004
Dimensions:
21.44 x 15.49 x 2.49 cm
ISBN-10:
1843831120
ISBN-13:
9781843831129
Language:
English
Location:
Woodbridge
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Weight:
435.45 gm

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