John Evelyn
Subtitle: Living for Ingenuity
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: February 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780300112276
Subjects: Biography: general; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1600 to c 1700; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; British Isles; Historical - British; Literary; Authors, English; Biography; Diarists; Early modern, 1500-1700; Gardeners; Great Britain
Description: "This new biography ... is the first to make full use of Evelyn's huge unpublished archive deposited at the British Library in 1995.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."--Jacket.