{"product_id":"winding-stair-1","title":"Winding Stair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eREBECCA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e' ... a writer of fearless originality' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher' FRANCIS KING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'du Maurier has no equal' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt wasn't until he was forty-five that Bacon's feet found the first step on that staircase, when King James I made him Solicitor-General, from where he rose through the ranks to become Lord Chancellor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany accounts of the life of Sir Francis Bacon have been written for scholars, but du Maurier's aim was to paint a vivid portrait of this remarkable man for the common reader. In \u003ci\u003eThe Winding Stair\u003c\/i\u003e, she illuminates the considerable achievements of this Renaissance man as a writer, lawyer, philosopher, scientist, and politician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo her book, she brought the same gifts of imagination and perception that made her earlier biography, \u003ci\u003eGolden Lads\u003c\/i\u003e, so immensely readable, skilfully threading into her narrative extracts from contemporary documents and from Bacon's own writings. This also sets her account of his life within a vivid contemporary framework.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is truly history made alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221027246424,"sku":"9781844080748","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781844080748.jpg?v=1764434723","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/winding-stair-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}