Jesse Norman - "Ambition, revenge, truth, fiction: The Winding Stair”

Friday 17 November 2023
11:00 12:30

New Arts Building, seminar room 7 St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 9AX United Kingdom (map)

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The barely known story of the 30-year rivalry between Francis Bacon and Edward Coke is a fascinating case study in late-Elizabethan-Jacobean court politics. But it can also be a means by which to explore the limits of historical truth, and the uses of fiction.

Dr Jesse Norman is a Visiting Research Fellow at St Andrews, a Fellow of All Souls and an MP and government MInister. www.jessenorman.com

Jesse Norman - "Ambition, revenge, truth, fiction: The Winding Stair”

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