John Aubrey : my own life /
by Scurr, Ruth.
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BookPublisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2015Description: xxiv, 518 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780701179076 (hbk.) :; 0701179074 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 AUBSubject(s): Aubrey, John, 1626-1697 | Antiquarians -- England -- Biography | Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography | Biography | BiographySummary: Ruth Scurr's biography is an act of scholarly imagination: a diary drawn from John Aubrey's own words, displaying his unique voice, dry wit, the irreverence and drama of a literary pioneer. Aubrey saw himself modestly as a collector of a vanishing past, a 'scurvy antiquary'. But he was also one of the pioneers of modern writing, a journalist before the age of journalism, who witnessed the Civil War and the Great Fire of London in the company of some of the influential men and women, high and low, whose lives he would make his legacy.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002918267X |
Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ruth Scurr's biography is an act of scholarly imagination: a diary drawn from John Aubrey's own words, displaying his unique voice, dry wit, the irreverence and drama of a literary pioneer. Aubrey saw himself modestly as a collector of a vanishing past, a 'scurvy antiquary'. But he was also one of the pioneers of modern writing, a journalist before the age of journalism, who witnessed the Civil War and the Great Fire of London in the company of some of the influential men and women, high and low, whose lives he would make his legacy.
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