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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThe autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote. Discover the perfect seventeenth-century English gentleman in his own words. 'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD This is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote. You may not know his name. Aubrey was a modest man, a gentleman-scholar who cared far more for the preservation of history than for his own legacy. But he was a passionate collector, an early archaeologist and the inventor of modern biography. With all the wit, charm and originality that characterises her subject, Ruth Scurr has seamlessly stitched together John Aubrey's own words to tell his life story and a captivating history of seventeenth-century England unlike any other. 'A game-changer in the world of biography' Mary Beard 'Ingenious' Hilary Mantel 'Irresistible' Philip PullmanProduct Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780099490630
eBay Product ID (ePID)221869438
Product Key Features
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJohn Aubrey: My Own Life
Publication Year2016
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorRuth Scurr
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight373 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRuth Scurr