The Winding Stair

Jesse Norman

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Biteback Publishing
01 October 2024

Historical fiction

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Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James I waiting to accede. But who will thrive, and who will fail, under the new king? Will it be the scholar Francis Bacon, whose brilliant mind is the envy of the court? Or his hated rival Edward Coke, already acclaimed as the greatest lawyer of his generation?

The Winding Stair tells the gripping story of these two founders of our modern world and their bitter struggle for influence and power. It brings the palaces, parlours, parliaments and royal courts of Elizabethan and Jacobean England to life, giving a peerless view into the lives, thoughts and deeds of their protagonists.

Combining humour, wit and imagination with deep research, this novel is a dazzling synthesis of history and fiction that takes the genre to new places: an epic tale of jealousy and intrigue, which also holds a darkened mirror to our own contemporary politics.

'This immensely clever, elegant and captivating novel shows just how closely fiction can align with history. It breathes the air of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean court and takes us utterly into their world.'

Suzannah Lipscomb

By: Jesse Norman
Imprint: Biteback Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781785908606
ISBN 10: 178590860X
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jesse Norman has written two biographies: Edmund Burke: The Visionary Who Invented Modern Politics (William Collins) and Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters. This is his first novel.

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The Winding Stair

Jesse Norman

$22.99

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