Sir Francis Bacon's Journals: The Rarest of Princes - Couverture souple

Dutton, Elaine Mary

 
9780595460342: Sir Francis Bacon's Journals: The Rarest of Princes

Synopsis

Be calm good wind, blow not a word away for this is a meticulous account of Sir Francis Bacon's lifetime, written as journal entries, and with his style: I have no more made my book, than my book has made me: 'tis a book consubstantial with the author, of a peculiar design, a member of my life, and whose business is not designed for others, as that of all other books.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Be calm good wind, blow not a word away for this is a meticulous account of Sir Francis Bacon's lifetime, written as journal entries, and with his style: I have no more made my book, than my book has made me: 'tis a book consubstantial with the author, of a peculiar design, a member of my life, and whose business is not designed for others, as that of all other books.

Biographie de l'auteur

Daughter of a retired British official, the author resides in Greece and is a devoted Baconian since childbirth.

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