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John Aubrey My Own Life
Hardback Edition: 1
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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Pages : 544
Publisher : Random House
Publication date : 2015-03
Subjects: Non-fiction, Lifestyle, Sport And Leisure