John Aubrey

Brief Lives (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Somewhere between Plutarch and today's tabloid gossip, Brief Lives is a timeless and strange collection of biographies, tales, and hearsay concerning some of early-modern Britain's greatest thinkers and public figures. At times rigorous, at others scandalous, these vignettes are as informative as they are entertaining, humanizing such hallowed individuals as William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, and Sir Walter Raleigh.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 772
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513273761
• Artikelnr.: 61662817

Autorenporträt

John Aubrey (1626-1697) was a British writer, antiquarian, and archaeologist. He lived and worked toward the end of the Scientific Revolution, a time when the process, methods, and standards of modern science first began to be developed. Remembered today for his curious spirit, attention to detail, and passion for inquiry, Aubrey was a renowned researcher in his day, discovering and recording numerous megalithic monuments, Roman ruins, and burial sites, as well as tracing the history of British place names. He was also a dedicated folklorist, studying the traditions, customs, and religions of the British people. Brief Lives, his most famous work, is a collection of short biographical studies of hundreds of British poets, politicians, playwrights, scientists, and other intellectual or public figures.