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Aubrey's Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RUTH SCURR John Aubrey was a modest man, a self-styled antiquarian and the man who invented modern biography. His ‘lives’ of the prominent figures of his generation and the Elizabethan era, including Shakespeare, Milton and Sir Walter Raleigh, have been plundered by historians for centuries for their frankness and fascinating detail. Collected here are all of Aubrey’s biographical writings, a series of unforgettable portraits of the characters of his day, still more alive and kicking than in any conventional work of history.

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Random House

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1473521734

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9781473521735

Mons, Anzac and Kut

By: Aubrey Herbert

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Mons, Anzac and Kut

By: Aubrey Herbert

Journals, in the eyes of their author, usually require an introduction of some kind, which, often, may be conveniently forgotten. The reader is invited to turn to this one if, after persevering through the pages of the diary, he wishes to learn the reason of the abrupt changes and chances of war that befell the writer. They are explained by the fact that his eyesight did not allow him to pass the necessary medical tests. He was able, through some slight skill, to evade these obstacles in the first stage of the war; later, when England had settled down to routine, they defeated him, as far as the Western Front was concerned. He was fortunately compensated for this disadvantage by a certain knowledge of the East, that sent him in various capacities to different fronts, often at critical times. It was as an Interpreter that the writer went to France. After a brief imprisonment, it was as an Intelligence Officer that he went to Egypt, the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia. The first diary was dictated in hospital from memory and rough notes made on the Retreat from Mons. For the writing of the second diary, idle hours were provided in the Dardanelles between times of furious action. The third diary, which iv deals with the fall of Kut, was written on the Fly boats of the River Tigris. In a diary egotism is inevitable. Julius Cæsar cloaked it by using the third person and Lord French by preferring to blame others, rather than to praise himself, but these devices are no precedents for one who is not a generalissimo. There remains anonymity. True, it is a very thin covering for modesty, but, like a modern bathing-dress, it may serve its purpose. When dots occur in the journal, they have their usual significance. The author was thinking his private thoughts, or, perhaps, criticizing some high authority, or concealing what, for the moment, at any rate, is better not revealed. In the Retreat from Mons, only Christian or nicknames have generally been used.

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anboco

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3736419538

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9783736419537

Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

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Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

Brief Lives (1669-1697) is a collection of short biographical sketches on famous British figures by author, antiquarian, and archaeologist John Aubrey. The work is significant for its unique style, a blend of facts—names, dates, family, important works—and personal anecdotes for which Aubrey combined his skills for research and conversation to compile. Unpublished during his lifetime, the text was pieced together from extensive handwritten manuscripts by numerous editors and scholars, and over the centuries has become a beloved cultural artifact of early-modern Britain. A fascinating figure and gifted researcher in his own right, John Aubrey sought to capture the significance of his era and the people whose contributions to art, politics, science, and philosophy were not only changing Britain, but the world, forever. As a historical record, his Brief Lives provides valuable information on such figures as poet John Milton, playwright William Shakespeare, philosopher Thomas Hobbes, and chemist Robert Boyle. But as a work of art, the text humanizes them, reminding its readers that these were people whose desires, imperfections, and day-to-day lives were not unlike our own. We turn to his works to discover that Sir Walter Raleigh was a “poor” scholar “immerst...in fabrication of his owne fortunes,” or to read that Shakespeare, the son of a butcher who worked for his father as a youth, was known to “make a speech” while slaughtering a calf. At times straightforwardly factual, at others filled with gossip, Brief Lives is a document of its time that attempts to record a living history of knowledge and influence. Whether it succeeds is beside the point—that it speaks to us centuries on is the heart of the matter, the reason it must be read. A well-known man in his lifetime, Aubrey moved between cultural and political circles with ease, compiling the sources that would later become Brief Lives. Although a tireless writer and scholar, he published little during his life. His work, including Brief Lives, is thus the product of centuries of diligent research and editing from numerous scholars who understood, as the reader of this volume surely will, that Aubrey’s work deserved to reach the public. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of John Aubrey’s Brief Lives is a classic of British literature and biography reimagined for modern readers.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513273760

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9781513273761

Aubrey on Education

A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by the Author of Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

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Aubrey on Education

A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by the Author of Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

In 1699 John Aubrey began to compile notes for a scheme for the education of young gentlemen. The manuscript he left has never been published. The editor of the volume organized and re-arranged the text and has provided an historical Introduction and detailed notes. Aubrey gives a graphic account of education at the time. He displays a remarkable breadth of knowledge of the broad issues of history, law, mechanics, science and pedagogy and he was intensely curious about the practicalities of teaching language and number, the effects of puberty, diet, travel, games and music.

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Routledge

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0415689260

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9780415689267

Shakespeare's Mistress

The Mystery of the Dark Lady Revealed

By: Aubrey Burl

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Shakespeare's Mistress

The Mystery of the Dark Lady Revealed

By: Aubrey Burl

The mystery woman in Shakespeare's love life revealed

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445612283

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9781445612287

The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935

A History and Filmography

By: Aubrey Solomon

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The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935

A History and Filmography

By: Aubrey Solomon

In 1929, Hollywood mogul William Fox (1879-1952) came close to controlling the entire motion picture industry. His Fox Film Corporation had grown from a $1600 investment into a globe-spanning $300 million empire; he also held patents to the new sound-on-film process. Forced into a series of bitter power struggles, Fox was ultimately toppled from his throne, and the studio bearing his name would merge in 1935 with Darryl F. Zanuck's flourishing 20th Century Pictures. The 25-year lifespan of the Fox Film Corporation, home of such personalities as Theda Bara, Tom Mix, Janet Gaynor and John Ford, is chronicled in this thorough illustrated history. Included are never-before-published financial figures revealing costs and grosses of Fox's biggest successes and failures, and a detailed filmogaphy of the studio's 1100-plus releases, among them What Price Glory?, Seventh Heaven and the Oscar-winning Cavalcade.

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McFarland

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0786486104

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9780786486106

́Brief Lives ́, chiefly of Contemporaries, between the Years 1669 & 1696

Volume I

By: John Aubrey

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́Brief Lives ́, chiefly of Contemporaries, between the Years 1669 & 1696

Volume I

By: John Aubrey

Reproduction of the original: ́Brief Lives ́, chiefly of Contemporaries, between the Years 1669 & 1696 by John Aubrey

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3734080339

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9783734080333

Classic Aubrey Menen

Complete and Unabridged

By: Aubrey Menen

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Classic Aubrey Menen

Complete and Unabridged

By: Aubrey Menen

Urbane, irreverent satire—four of Aubrey Menen’s best novels The novels in this omnibus edition are classic Aubrey Menen—brilliant and inventive, displaying his characteristic wit while laying bare people’s idiosyncrasies. Menen attacks affectation and hypocrisy with his crisp prose and true-to-life characters. Classic Aubrey Menen is an abiding testimony to a master craftsman. The Prevalence of Witches, A Conspiracy of Women, A Fig Tree, The Abode of Love.

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981

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Penguin UK

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8184751559

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9788184751550

Britain's Economy

The Roots of Stagnation

By: Aubrey Jones

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Britain's Economy

The Roots of Stagnation

By: Aubrey Jones

It has long been recognised that Britain has declined relatively to other countries, although there are differences of view both on the beginning of the decline and its causes. The author pinpoints two causes: first, a technological inferiority which has resulted in the country's exporting goods of poorer quality and importing goods of higher quality; secondly, the tendency for an upward pressure on incomes, from a society of political equals where each individual has expectations of a level of income reasonably comparable with others. The claims of different groups are easily accommodated in a semi-monopolistic industrial structure and are passed on in higher prices. Keynes recognised the latter problem of cost-push; but his intellectual revolution was not accompanied by a change of institutions, which continued to act in accordance with an earlier tradition. The present Government has reached a false diagnosis in ascribing the country's problems to too much money. It has therefore worsened the situation and weakened such hopes as there were of improvement.

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CUP Archive

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052130816X

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9780521308168

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

By: John Aubrey

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Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

By: John Aubrey

This three-volume 1813 compilation contains the manuscript notes which later became famous as John Aubrey's Brief Lives.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108079350

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9781108079358

The Times and Appeasement

The Journals of A. L. Kennedy, 1932-1939

By: Aubrey Leo Kennedy

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The Times and Appeasement

The Journals of A. L. Kennedy, 1932-1939

By: Aubrey Leo Kennedy

A. L. Kennedy, the son of a British diplomat, began a long career in journalism with The Times before the First World War. When he returned to the newspaper in 1919 - as Captain Kennedy - he began to keep a journal of his activities and ideas, his conversations with politicians, officials and journalists. This book is an edited and annotated selection from his journals between 1932 and 1939, during which period he served as The Times' assistant foreign editor and in which capacity he was responsible for most of the leading articles on foreign affairs. His journals provide a fascinating insight into the complicated relationship between The Times and the government: intriguing to read, they are an extremely valuable source for historians of diplomacy politics and journalism in Britain between the wars and help to illuminate our understanding of 'appeasement'.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521793548

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9780521793544

Naming Edmonton

From Ada to Zoie

By: Merrily K. Aubrey,Edmonton (Alta.),Edmonton Historical Board. Heritage Sites Committee

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Naming Edmonton

From Ada to Zoie

By: Merrily K. Aubrey,Edmonton (Alta.),Edmonton Historical Board. Heritage Sites Committee

With over 1300 sites, 300 photographs, and detailed maps, Naming Edmonton gives life to the personal stories and the significant events that mark this city. Use this comprehensive local history as a guide to revisit Edmonton’s streets, parks, neighbourhoods, and bridges in an exploration of the signs of our origins and our times.

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University of Alberta

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088864423X

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9780888644237

Bessemer Bombing

How Absolute Power Corrupts

By: Aubrey Garrett

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Bessemer Bombing

How Absolute Power Corrupts

By: Aubrey Garrett

About the Book The "Bessemer Bombing" book is an effort to bring a degree of closure to an incident which remains unresolved to this day. After investigations and two trials which resulted in no conviction, the people of Bessemer were left to wonder why a bomb was sent to the city hall and why. The unresolved bombing has begged for a solution as well as an answer of who did it. This book is art attempt to supply the answers to a lot of those questions. Check out the information provided to see if you agree with the assessment provided in the pages of this book.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1469174448

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9781469174440

The State of Psychiatry (Psychology Revivals)

Essays and addresses

By: Aubrey Lewis

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The State of Psychiatry (Psychology Revivals)

Essays and addresses

By: Aubrey Lewis

To mark his retirement in 1966 from the Professorship of Psychiatry at the University of London, and the directorship of the Institute of Psychiatry, the Maudsley Hospital, Professor Lewis’s students edited and prepared an edition of his collected papers, in two volumes. Originally published in 1967 this volume reviews the psychiatric past, surveys the transitional stage psychiatry had reached, and looks forward to the attainable future. The author pays much attention to disputed areas of psychiatric practice and inquiry, how psychiatrists should be chosen and educated, what concepts and methods are required for the furtherance of the subject, what part should social treatment and psychological treatment play. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

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Routledge

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1134051875

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9781134051878

Book's by Aubrey Herbert

Aubrey's Brief Lives

Aubrey's Brief Lives

Mons, Anzac and Kut

Mons, Anzac and Kut

Brief Lives

Brief Lives

Aubrey on Education

Aubrey on Education

Shakespeare's Mistress

Shakespeare's Mistress

The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935

The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935

́Brief Lives ́, chiefly of Contemporaries, between the Years 1669 & 1696

́Brief Lives ́, chiefly of Contemporaries, between the Years 1669 & 1696

Classic Aubrey Menen

Classic Aubrey Menen

Britain's Economy

Britain's Economy

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

The Times and Appeasement

The Times and Appeasement

Naming Edmonton

Naming Edmonton

Bessemer Bombing

Bessemer Bombing

The State of Psychiatry (Psychology Revivals)

The State of Psychiatry (Psychology Revivals)

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