John Evelyn: Living for Ingenuity

by Gillian Darley

Book Overview

This new biography of John Evelyn (1620-1706), diarist, scholar and intellectual virtuoso, is the first account to make full use of Evelyn's huge unpublished archive deposited at the British Library in 1995. This crucial source evokes a broader and richer picture of Evelyn, his life and his friendships, than permitted by his own celebrated diaries. Gillian Darley provides a rounded portrait of Evelyn's eighty-five years, his family life first at Sayes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030020891X
• ISBN13: 9780300208917
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"