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The Winding Stair

- Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall
Af: Daphne du Maurier Engelsk Paperback

The Winding Stair

- Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall
Af: Daphne du Maurier Engelsk Paperback
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA

'' ... a writer of fearless originality'' GUARDIAN

''Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher'' FRANCIS KING

''du Maurier has no equal'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

It wasn''t until he was forty-five that Bacon''s feet found the first step on that staircase, when King James I made him Solicitor-General, from where he rose through the ranks to become Lord Chancellor.

Many accounts of the life of Sir Francis Bacon have been written for scholars, but du Maurier''s aim was to paint a vivid portrait of this remarkable man for the common reader. In The Winding Stair, she illuminates the considerable achievements of this Renaissance man as a writer, lawyer, philosopher, scientist, and politician.

To her book, she brought the same gifts of imagination and perception that made her earlier biography, Golden Lads, so immensely readable, skilfully threading into her narrative extracts from contemporary documents and from Bacon''s own writings. This also sets her account of his life within a vivid contemporary framework.

This is truly history made alive.

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA

'' ... a writer of fearless originality'' GUARDIAN

''Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher'' FRANCIS KING

''du Maurier has no equal'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

It wasn''t until he was forty-five that Bacon''s feet found the first step on that staircase, when King James I made him Solicitor-General, from where he rose through the ranks to become Lord Chancellor.

Many accounts of the life of Sir Francis Bacon have been written for scholars, but du Maurier''s aim was to paint a vivid portrait of this remarkable man for the common reader. In The Winding Stair, she illuminates the considerable achievements of this Renaissance man as a writer, lawyer, philosopher, scientist, and politician.

To her book, she brought the same gifts of imagination and perception that made her earlier biography, Golden Lads, so immensely readable, skilfully threading into her narrative extracts from contemporary documents and from Bacon''s own writings. This also sets her account of his life within a vivid contemporary framework.

This is truly history made alive.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781844080748
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1844080749
Udg. Dato: 4 maj 2006
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 126mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 4 maj 2006
Forfatter(e): Daphne du Maurier
Forfatter(e) Daphne du Maurier


Kategori Middelalderens filosofi


ISBN-13 9781844080748


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 22mm


Bredde 126mm


Højde 199mm


Udg. Dato 4 maj 2006


Oplagsdato 4 maj 2006


Forlag Little, Brown Book Group