Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works

Download or read book Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works written by Francis Bacon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-02-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a major new student edition of the text described as "the first modern classic of English history." Francis Bacon's insight into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this History of the Reign of King Henry VII a major work of English literature and an important document in the history of political thought. The edition also includes other relevant writings by Bacon, generous editorial footnotes explaining the historical and political issues of the period, and a substantial glossary.