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The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634
The Lion and the Throne The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke 15521634 Author:Catherine Drinker Bowen Winner of the national Book Award for nonfiction, The Lion and the Throne has been hailed as a major contribution to historical writing. — This book portrays the life of Sir Edward Coke, who lived in the turbulent, colorful pageantry of the days of Queen Elizabeth and James, first Stuart King of England. Through it scenes of cruelty and courage, ... more »greed and generosity sweep pell-mell. Coke served as Attorney General, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Justice of England, and was prime author, in 1628, of the great Petition of Right which served as a model for our Revolutionary forefathers. He was a man of violet passions and humor as well as "English law personified."« less