Brief Lives Volume 2 by John Aubrey
I listened to the Librivox version of this. (Also available on Project Gutenberg) I tried listening to this volume at a slower speed, and still had trouble with the narration. The content could also be challenging. At times there were big chunks of Latin. Then it would switch over to gossipy information about some famous characters. This one also includes a few appendices.
Brief Lives Volume 1 by John Aubrey
I listened to the Librivox version of this. (Also available on Project Gutenberg) I could not understand it very well. I had trouble grasping why. I thought the narrator may be too fast, so I slowed down a lot. The language also did not seem to difficult once I was able to focus on it. The accent of the narrator was also not very bad. According to wikipedia, he had a collection of manuscripts that was later assembled by editors after he died. I used his death date as publication date. The content is an opinionated history of famous figures. Most lived around his time, though there were some going further back.
