num_pages: 672
description: Sir Edward Coke was perhaps the pre-eminent jurist during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James of England. He was the prime author of the Petition of Right, so this biography is simultaneously the story of the roots of our form of free government. But the man who rose to be the Chief Justice of England was eventually dismissed from the bench in disgrace.
language: English
title: The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634
titlecomplete: The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634
genres: History, Law, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 43
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Little Brown & Co