{
  "type": "book",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Book Quiver",
    "language": "en-US",
    "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "title": "The Essays",
  "subtitle": null,
  "slug": "the-essays",
  "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays",
  "json": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays.md",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Francis Bacon",
      "slug": "francis-bacon",
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en_GB",
  "original_title": null,
  "original_language": null,
  "first_published": "1985-08-29",
  "genres": [],
  "series": [],
  "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/bookannex/francis-bacon/the-essays_978-07-6077-018-4.png?v=2026-04-27%2015%3A52%3A22",
  "description": "One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science - declaring early in his career that 'I have taken all knowledge as my province'. In this, his most famous work, he considers a diverse range of subjects, such as death and marriage, ambition and atheism, in prose that is vibrant and rich in Renaissance learning. Bacon believed that rhetoric - the force of eloquence and persuasion - could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays.",
  "editions": [
    {
      "title": "The Essays",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/9781513267777",
      "publisher": "Mint Editions",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "paper",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "illustrators": [],
      "cover_artists": [],
      "isbn": "978-15-1326-777-7",
      "pages": 156,
      "published": "2021-01-14",
      "language": "en_US",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/mint-editions/francis-bacon/the-essays_978-15-1326-777-7-15997379.webp?v=2026-11-11%2019%3A19%3A24"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Essays",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/9780760770184",
      "publisher": "bookannex",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "paper",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "illustrators": [],
      "cover_artists": [],
      "isbn": "978-07-6077-018-4",
      "pages": null,
      "published": "2005-07-22",
      "language": "en_GB",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/bookannex/francis-bacon/the-essays_978-07-6077-018-4.png?v=2026-04-27%2015%3A52%3A22"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Essays",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/9780140432169",
      "publisher": "Penguin Classics",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "paper",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "illustrators": [],
      "cover_artists": [],
      "isbn": "978-01-4043-216-9",
      "pages": 288,
      "published": "2004-06-24",
      "language": "en_GB",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin-classics/francis-bacon/the-essays_978-01-4043-216-9.jpg?v=2026-04-23%2003%3A43%3A29"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Essays",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/9780141907208",
      "publisher": "Penguin",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "ebook",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "illustrators": [],
      "cover_artists": [],
      "isbn": "978-01-4190-720-8",
      "pages": null,
      "published": "1985-08-29",
      "language": "en_GB",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin/francis-bacon/the-essays_978-01-4190-720-8.jpg?v=2026-04-23%2020%3A35%3A19"
    }
  ],
  "other_languages": [],
  "characters": [],
  "chapters": []
}