Francis Bacon The Temper of a Man

by Catherine Drinker Bowen

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Hardcover, Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1963. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Throughout history Francis Bacon's reputation has remained sullied as a result of his impeachment for corruption at the height of his career. Now Catherine Drinker Bowen, as only a biographer of her supreme stature could do, has laid before us the circumstances of Bacon's life and environment and left us to judge his deeds.

  • Binding: Hardcover

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