Sir Thomas Overbury (1581–1613)
Author of The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt : now first collected
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Works by Sir Thomas Overbury
The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt : now first collected 7 copies
Characters : together with poems, news, edicts, and paradoxes based on the eleventh edition of A wife now the widow of… (2002) 2 copies
Associated Works
A Book of 'Characters' from Theophrastus, Joseph Hall, Sir Thomas Overbury, Nicolas Breton, John Earle, Thomas Fuller, (1924) — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1581-06-18
- Date of death
- 1613-09-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England
- Cause of death
- poisoning
- Education
- University of Oxford (Queen's College, BA)
- Occupations
- poet
essayist - Short biography
- Sir Thomas Overbury was murdered because of his involvement in a notorious 17th century divorce case. He was an advisor to Robert Carr (later Earl of Somerset), a favorite of King James I. Carr was also having an affair with Frances Howard, and when Overbury advised Carr not to marry her. . . she took revenge.
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Reviews
Sir Thomas Overbury. His Wife. As also New Newes,… by Sir Thomas OVERBURY
An excellent book that makes a very interesting read, amusing if at times rather obscure character studies give a flavor of the prejudices and opinions of the day. A very popular book that was reprinted many times, produced in facsimile that is now out of print but if you are interested in Elizabethan/Jacobean England I would recommend tracking one down.
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 15
- Popularity
- #708,120
- Rating
- 5.0
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2