Project Gutenberg 2011-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 117 Smedley, William T. (William Thomas) 1851 Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas) 12027440 The Mystery of Francis Bacon Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Mystery of Francis Bacon" by William T. Smedley is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the complexities surrounding the life of Francis Bacon, a renowned philosopher and statesman, focusing particularly on the controversies and mysteries that shroud his legacy. Smedley appears intent on unpacking the tensions between Bacon's high intellectual achievements and his later reputation as a corrupt official. The opening of the work presents a preface that raises questions about the perceived moral failings of Bacon compared to his immense contributions to philosophy and literature. Smedley notes how history has often vilified Bacon, despite the reverence he commanded from his contemporaries. The author outlines the intention to explore lesser-known aspects of Bacon's life and work, emphasizing that much about his early years and literary activities remains obscure. Smedley aims to investigate the possibility that Bacon hid his authorial identity, suggesting that this may unlock further understanding of his contributions to both literature and philosophy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36650/36650-h/images/cover.jpg en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship -- Baconian theory Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Cipher PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 419091 419100 2024-09-15T12:35:30.801967 2023-09-16T06:12:24.146677 text/html text/html 419132 2011-07-07T08:55:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1634995 2011-07-07T08:55:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1667705 2024-09-15T12:35:37.670943 application/epub+zip 1672471 2024-09-15T12:35:32.032952 application/epub+zip 205954 2024-09-15T12:35:31.424954 application/epub+zip 1800380 2024-09-15T12:35:42.357901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1755739 2024-09-15T12:35:36.989943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292384 2022-09-16T16:45:10.397513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369272 369082 2024-09-15T12:35:30.021976 2023-09-16T06:12:23.309638 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 368976 2011-07-07T08:55:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141005 2011-07-07T08:55:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 369004 2011-07-07T08:55:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140845 2011-07-07T08:55:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20140 2024-09-15T12:35:42.508903 application/rdf+xml 11157 2024-09-15T12:35:31.540963 image/jpeg 1884 2024-09-15T12:35:31.492987 image/jpeg 1658597 2024-09-15T12:35:30.892999 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog