{"product_id":"brief-lives-john-aubrey-9781646792764","title":"Brief Lives: Chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the Years 1669 \u0026 1696 - Volume I (A- H)","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Aubrey, Andrew Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646792769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646792764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"John Aubrey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068147069183,"sku":"9781646792764","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28e10f7d-f2fa-487c-ad52-9da7f6a6075d.jpg?v=1685417311","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brief-lives-john-aubrey-9781646792764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}