Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Bacon
Lisa Jardine
637 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0809055406
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2000
The statesman, scientist, and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) lived a divided life. Was he a noble scholar, or a conniving political crook? Was he a homosexual? Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart draw upon previously untapped sources to create a controversial, nuanced portrait of the quintessential “Renaissance man,” one whose achievements, while enormous, were nonetheless sadly circumscribed by his class and station.