Hydriotaphia (Urn Burial); The Garden of Cyrus; Letter To A Friend Thomas Browne's Three Most Famous Works
Thomas Browne's books are complex and multilayered; witty yet deeply humane. Both 'Letter to a Friend' and 'Hydriotaphia' deal with Death; but Browne's humour and eloquence transform his essays on this seemingly unpromising topic into entrancing works of art, while 'The Garden' reveals itself as an insightful meditation on Life and Mysticis