Sir Edward Coke, prosecutor of Guy Fawkes
Great Lives
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Bacon and the Essays
Alexis de Tocqueville's new novel, The Winding Stair, is based on a feud between Francis Bacon and James Cook. She says the two men were bitter rivals who fought each other at court in 16th-century England. De Tocqueva: "We think of it as political rivalry, but I mean, this is to kill each other"
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