{
  "type": "edition",
  "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,
  "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",
  "json": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/9780140432169.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/9780140432169.md",
  "binding": "Softcover",
  "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.",
  "book": {
    "title": "The Essays",
    "slug": "the-essays",
    "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon/the-essays"
  },
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Francis Bacon",
      "slug": "francis-bacon",
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-bacon"
    }
  ]
}