The Interviews - Rt Honourable Jesse Norman MP (Con) on "The Winding Stair": Dissecting Francis Bacon's Ambition and the Art of Historical Fiction

Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast - A podcast by Samuel Woodall

Send us a text Join the ranks of history enthusiasts and literary connoisseurs as I, Samuel Woodall, sit down with the erudite Dr Jesse Norman, former Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology and author of "The Winding Stair." Step back in time to Elizabethan and Jacobean England, where the intense rivalry between Edward Coke and Francis Bacon unfolds in the pages of Dr. Norman's meticulously researched novel. As we traverse the corridors of power that shaped Bacon's political man...