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The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall
de Du Maurier, Daphne
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0575021683
- ISBN 13
- 9780575021686
- Librería
-
Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Du Maurier picks up where she began in her earlier book about the young Bacon, Golden Lads. Here, her aim is illuminate the many facets of Bacon's remarkable personality for the general reader. This book expertly follows the thinker, lawyer and politician over 25 years. She also gives some time over to Bacon's alleged occult tinkering, the Shakespeare-authorship issue, and his restructuring of philosophical high learning, among others.
An excellent copy. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked, the lightest of foxing on the top edge. Cloth boards are tight and clean. DJ is price clipped but in very good condition, with only minimal shelf wear at the very top. No fading. All now protected in professional removable clear book wrapper. 254pp with B&W and colour photos, index, bibliography
Sinopsis
The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall is a skillful biography of Sir Francis Bacon written by Daphne Du Maurier. Lawyer, author, and philosopher Sir Francis Bacon once wrote, “All rising to great place is by a winding stair.” Bacon was 45 years old when he was made Solicitor-General by King James I. Du Maurier paints an illuminating portrait of this multi-faceted man.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Tom Heywood Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2232
- Título
- The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall
- Autor
- Du Maurier, Daphne
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0575021683
- ISBN 13
- 9780575021686
- Editorial
- Gollancz
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1976
- Palabras clave
- Francis Bacon, Daphne Du Maurier, Shakespeare
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Arts Mysteries;
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Sobre el vendedor
Tom Heywood Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2022
Redditch, Worcestershire
Sobre Tom Heywood Books
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