{"product_id":"9780099490630","title":"John Aubrey","description":"Author: Scurr, Ruth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099490630\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Mar 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 544 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote. Discover the perfect seventeenth-century English gentleman in his own words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may not know his name. Aubrey was a modest man, a gentleman-scholar who cared far more for the preservation of history than for his own legacy. But he was a passionate collector, an early archaeologist and the inventor of modern biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith all the wit, charm and originality that characterises her subject, Ruth Scurr has seamlessly stitched together John Aubrey's own words to tell his life story and a captivating history of seventeenth-century England unlike any other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A game-changer in the world of biography' Mary Beard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ingenious' Hilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Irresistible' Philip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67431267795102,"sku":"UBD-9780099490630","price":47.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099490630.jpg?v=1790505484","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099490630","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}