The Winding Stair - Norman Jesse

Of all revenge, the greatest is this: that which cometh suddenly, without expectation. AMBITION REVENGEPower is shifting. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James waiting to become King. Everywhere, there is opportunity to ascend. 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 royal court? Or his hated rival the attorney Edward Coke, already acclaimed as the greatest lawyer of his generation?The Winding Stair tells... Zobrazit více