{"product_id":"brief-lives-chiefly-of-contemporaries-set-down-by-john-aubrey-between-the-years-1669-1696-volume-i-a-h-paperback","title":"Brief Lives: Chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the Years 1669 \u0026 1696 - Volume I (A- H) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Aubrey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Writing is, among things, the place where we can help ourselves cope with the dark parts of our living.\" --John Aubrey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives--Chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the Years 1669 \u0026amp; 1696\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of short, colorful, gossipy biographies written by John Aubrey in the last part of the 17th century. It took two centuries, however, before Aubrey received real recognition as a great biographer. It was in 1898 that Reverend Andrew Clark (1856-1922), a minister and editor, edited the transcript of \u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e that established Aubrey's name as the man who invented biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClark's edition was published in two volumes: Volume I from letters A to H and Volume II from I to V, with biographies of distinguished 17th-century Englishmen such as Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, Thomas Browne, Walter Harvey, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Hooke, Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43714518745223,"sku":"9781646792764","price":33.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0BBCpdFO609781646792764.webp?v=1767876622","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/brief-lives-chiefly-of-contemporaries-set-down-by-john-aubrey-between-the-years-1669-1696-volume-i-a-h-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}