Volume 2 of Aubrey’s sparkling gossipy biographical pieces on his contemporaries, including Bacon, Jonson and Shakespeare, Brief Lives’ glimpses into the unofficial side of these towering figures has won it an undying popularity, with Ruth Scurr’s recent reimagined “autobiography” of Aubrey, breathing new life into this classic for the next generation of readers – Summary by Nicole Lee
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