The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall - Hardcover

Du Maurier, Daphne

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9780575021686: The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall

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ISBN 10: 0575021683 ISBN 13: 9780575021686

Publisher: Gollancz, 1976

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"All rising to great place is by a winding stair," wrote Sir Francis Bacon. It wasn't until he was 45 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. Dame Daphne du Maurier wrote more than 25 acclaimed novels, short stories, and plays, including "Rebecca" and "The House on the Strand. "She was also a passionate and skillful biographer.

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Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher (Francis King)

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* an intriguing exploration of the life of Francis Bacon

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