This is a major new student edition of the text described as the first modernclassic of English history. <strong>Bacon</strong>s penetration into human motives ... » 

This is a major new student edition of the text described as the first modernclassic of English history. Bacons penetration into human motives his lifelong experience of politics and government and his remarkable literary skillsrender this History of the Reign of King Henry VII a major work of Englishliterature and an important document in the history of political thought. Theintroduction places Bacons History in the context of Renaissancehistoriography revealing its debt to Tacitus and shows Bacons originality inreordering traditional material to make a coherent psychological analysis ofthe Kings actions. In addition to the usual series features and supportingcontextual material including relevant Essays by Bacon generous editorialfootnotes explain the historical and political issues of the reign of HenryVII and a substantial glossary clarifies Bacons rich but sometimes unfamiliarvocabulary. «