John Aubrey and Samuel Pepys: Contrasting lives, afterlives and literary remains
Tuesday 9th September at 11:00 | £35.00*
*Includes talk, buffet lunch and glass of wine
The Samuel Pepys Club cordially invites their friends at the Army & Navy Club to join them for John Aubrey and Samuel Pepys: contrasting lives, afterlives and literary remains. A Talk given by Dr Ruth Scurr, followed by buffet lunch.
John Aubrey and Samuel Pepys knew each other in the context of the Royal Society. They had shared intellectual interests and circles of acquaintance, but contrasting personalities and approaches to posterity. This talk will explore questions that arise from thinking about the two men together.
Dr Ruth Scurr (aka Lady Stothard) is a writer, historian and literary critic. She is a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.
‘A superb, inventive life of the author of ‘Brief Lives’ that immerses us in a defining era of British history’. GUARDIAN review of Ruth Scurr’s book John Aubrey, My Own Life.
To book your place for the Talk & Buffet, please make payment to the Samuel Pepys Club by 1st September, as follows:
By BACS: Sort Code: 30-98- 97; Account: 86880362; Reference: YOUR NAME + ‘AUBREY’.
Then email [email protected] to confirm your payment, giving your name and those of any guests you have paid for.
Cheques payable to Samuel Pepys Club. Post to The Treasurer, Little Acre, York Rd, Binfield, Berkshire RG42 5JT (Kindly note: If you choose to pay by cheque, the cost is £38pp to cover the bank levy of £3 for processing cheques).