Hostage to fortune the troubled life of Francis Bacon / Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart.

Author/creator Jardine, Lisa
Other author Stewart, Alan, 1967-
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Hill and Wang, 1999.
Description637 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
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.

General note"First published in 1998 by Victor Gollancz, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [594]-618) and index.
LCCN 98053482
ISBN0809055392 (alk. paper)