The History of the Reign of King Henry VIIChiefly remembered for his role in ending the Wars of the Roses, Henry VII remains a rather mysterious figure. This biography—one of the first modern classics of English history—reveals the often surprising man behind the crown. Although written some hundred years after the death of Henry VII, Francis Bacon's analysis of the monarch's life is both penetrating and insightful. Rather than simply cataloging the facts of his reign, Bacon examines Henry VII's motivations to create not only an important historical work, but also a key document in the development of political thought. The result is essential reading for anyone interested in British history, politics, or literature. Statesman, scientist, philosopher, and essayist, Francis Bacon (1561–1626) is one of the leading figures in Elizabethan and Jacobean history. |
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... Ireland and Flanders . Meanwhile the rebels in Ireland had sent privy messengers both into England and into Flanders , who in both places had wrought effects of no small importance . For in England they won to their party John Earl of ...
... Ireland and Flanders . Meanwhile the rebels in Ireland had sent privy messengers both into England and into Flanders , who in both places had wrought effects of no small importance . For in England they won to their party John Earl of ...
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... Ireland to the new king , hoping that when the action should have the face of a received and settled regality ( with such a second person as the Earl of Lincoln , and the conjunction and reputation of foreign succours ) , the fame of it ...
... Ireland to the new king , hoping that when the action should have the face of a received and settled regality ( with such a second person as the Earl of Lincoln , and the conjunction and reputation of foreign succours ) , the fame of it ...
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... Ireland , for there had the like meteor strong influence before . The time of the apparition to be when the King should be engaged into a war with France . But well she knew that whatsoever should come from her would be held suspected ...
... Ireland , for there had the like meteor strong influence before . The time of the apparition to be when the King should be engaged into a war with France . But well she knew that whatsoever should come from her would be held suspected ...
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