The Winding Stair - Couverture rigide

Norman, Jesse

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1785907921 ISBN 13 : 9781785907920

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK

THE NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

“Masterly … I loved every page. The perfect sequel to Wolf Hall.” – Andrew Roberts

“An absolutely thrilling read. This is an engrossing and compelling blend of political thriller and pitch-perfect historical novel.” – Stephen Fry

“An Elizabethan House of Cards.” – Michael Dobbs

“That rare thing: a historical novel that feels true to the period yet never slavish to its sources. Norman is a fine writer who will take you to the very edge of the action and hold you there, utterly transfixed.” – Daisy Dunn

“This immensely clever, elegant and captivating novel shows just how closely fiction can align with history. It breathes the air of the late-Elizabethan and Jacobean court and takes us utterly into their world. One might even suggest that Jesse Norman is the true inheritor of Hilary’s mantle.” – Suzannah Lipscomb

“Richly informed by historical research, The Winding Stair expertly captures the bitter rivalries of court politics and the ugly reality of political power.” – Ruth Scurr

“Extremely impressive … The portraits of Bacon and Coke, the subtle-but-deadly clash of characters, the minefield of royal favouritism, the elegant corruption, the whole conveyed in the beautiful language of the era, brings that world to life in an extraordinary way.” – Antony Beevor

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Of all revenge, the greatest is this: that which cometh suddenly, without expectation.

AMBITION REVENGE

Power is shifting. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James waiting to become King. Everywhere, there is opportunity to ascend.

But who will thrive, and who will fail, under the new King? Will it be the scholar Francis Bacon, whose brilliant mind is the envy of the royal court? Or his hated rival the attorney Edward Coke, already acclaimed as the greatest lawyer of his generation?

The Winding Stair tells the gripping story of these two founders of our modern world and their battle for power, pre-eminence – and the hand of the most eligible woman in the realm. Combining humour, wit and imagination with deep research, this novel is a dazzling synthesis of history and fiction that takes the genre to new places. It is an epic tale of jealousy and intrigue in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, which, in its lowest moments, holds a darkened mirror to our own contemporary politics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire. As Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2021, he managed the UK furlough scheme and other pandemic support measures. He was made a Privy Councillor in 2019.

Before entering politics Jesse worked in the charitable sector and was a director at Barclays, among other things. He was educated at Oxford University (MA) and did an MPhil and PhD in philosophy at UCL, where he held an honorary fellowship. He is an honorary research fellow at St Andrews University and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Jesse is the author of acclaimed biographies of Edmund Burke and Adam Smith. An enthusiastic cyclist, hillwalker, wild swimmer and amateur jazz trumpeter, he is married to Kate Bingham and they have three children. The Winding Stair is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785907921
• ISBN 13: 9781785907920
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible