Brief Lives, Vol. 1

by John Aubrey

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Lives

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Release date

2014-12-26

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Public domain in the USA.

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Subjects

Great Britain -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Biography DA

About the author

John Aubrey

1626–1697

A lively observer of 17th-century England, this writer is best remembered for Brief Lives, a collection of vivid sketches that helped turn gossip, memory, and firsthand observation into literary biography. He was also an early archaeologist and folklorist whose notes preserved ancient monuments, local customs, and everyday beliefs that might otherwise have been lost.

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