Francis Bacon (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
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A noted lawyer and statesman of Renaissance England, Bacon defended the prerogatives of the crown and endorsed the divine right theory of monarchy. In a rapid rise to power, he became England’s attorney-general in 1613 and lord chancellor in 1618. In 1621, however, his political career ended when he was convicted of taking bribes from litigants while their cases were pending. Forced into retirement, Bacon spent the remainder of his life writing on philosophy and literature. The most influential of his thirty works included The Advancement of Learning...
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Essays (Masterplots Classics)History of the Reign of King Henry VII (Masterplots Classics)New Atlantis, The (Masterplots Classics)Novum Organum (Philosophy)
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