John Evelyn: Living for Ingenuity.(Book review)

History Today | February 1, 2007| | Copyright

John Evelyn Living for Ingenuity Gillian Darley Yale University Press 416 pp 25 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 300 11227 0

APPEARING IN THE NICK of time to celebrate the tercentenary of John Evelyn's death in 1706, Gillian Darley's biography is a welcome monument to this remarkable figure. Born into a wealthy Surrey landed family, Evelyn enjoyed a younger son's freedom and resources to take advantage of it. Endowed with a relentless enthusiasm for art, architecture, science, and the environment, Evelyn's self-absorption led him to record his life in enormous detail. This ...

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