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'Mr William Shakespeare was born at Stratford upon Avon in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours, that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.' Gentleman scholar John Aubrey spent his life collecting anecdotes, gossip and biographical detail about his contemporaries. These biographical sketches are the result - a colourful evocation of poets and philosophers, including Francis Bacon, George Herbert, Thomas Hobbes, Philip Sidney and William Shakespeare. An unorthodox approach to the art of biography, full of lively and witty detail, they are a singular portrait of a tumultuous age.
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A gentleman scholar and the first great English biographer, John Aubrey (1626-1697) spent his life collecting biographical details and anecdotes about illustrious figures of the 17th century, and wrote his eccentric masterpiece, with its vivid and sometimes scurrilous portraits, shortly before his death. This selection of his literary Brief Lives is from Andrew Clark's 1898 edition. Foreword by Ruth Scurr.
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Antiquary and biographer John Aubrey (1626-97) was acquainted with some of the most distinguished men of his time, and is chiefly known for his short, lively biographical pieces.
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- PublisherHesperus Press Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1843911612
- ISBN 13 9781843911616
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages136
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