Biographical Writing

Anthony Powell's first published work was The Barnard Letters: a series of
family letters which he edited for his employer, the publishers Duckworth.

The Barnard Letters 1778-1824 (Duckworth; 1928) – Introduction to follow

When possible during WW2 Powell researched the life of 17^th-century antiquarian John Aubrey.
This resulted, following the war, to a biography and an edition of Aubrey's "Brief Lives".

Here Mike Jay introduces us to both these works.

John Aubrey & His Friends (Heinemann; 1948)

Brief Lives & Other Selected Writings by John Aubrey (Cresset Press; 1949)