Aubrey, John 1626-1697 creator Clark, Andrew 1856-1922 text utu 2014 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Brief Lives, Vol. 2" by John Aubrey is a collection of short biographies written in the last decades of the 17th century. Aubrey gathered intimate portraits of prominent figures by seeking out people who knew them personally, creating vivid sketches rather than formal accounts. His subjects include Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Thomas Hobbes, and Ben Jonson. Left unorganized at his death, the manuscripts reveal an unofficial, gossipy glimpse into the lives of extraordinary individuals, capturing colorful details that traditional biographies might miss. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Lives Release date is 2014-12-27 Produced by Richard Tonsing, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified Great Britain -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Biography DA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47791 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47791 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134111.0 47791