Hostage to fortune
Subtitle: the troubled life of Francis Bacon
By: Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart.
Contributors: Stewart, Alan, 1967-
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 637
Subjects: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Philosophers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [594]-618) and index.