The martyrdom of Francis Bacon : being a close inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his "fall" as lord chancellor : the evidence now adduced proves conclusively that he was the victim of a plot : a remarkable story is revealed, told with vivid fidelity to the facts of the times, how an innocent man, the greatest genius in history, was forced to "Desert his Defence" under duress, and to enter a plea of "Guilty" to charges of corruption and bribery at the express command of King James by Alfred Dodd.
Dodd, Alfred
Category
Books
Date
1946
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3223077
Summary
Bibliographic description
192p :. ill. (facsim.) plates, ports ; 23cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG". Signed "W. & A. Mussett fecit; Lincoln's Inn, London". [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949)]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Dodd, Alfred