Bacon: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Bacon, credited to Richard William Church, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Bacon, by Richard William Church. Read by Bill Boerst. This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days ang progresses to his relationships with Queen Elizabeth and James I. It includes accounts of his positions as solicitor general, attorney-general, and chancellor. The book concludes with Bacon's failure, his overall philosophy, and summaries of his writings. (Summary by Bill Boerst )

Recording facts

• Recording title: Bacon
• Author credits: Richard William Church
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 6:58:50

Catalogue topics

• Bacon
• biography
• economics-political-economy
• history
• philosophy
• politics
• religion
• science

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:27
2. 01 -- Chapter 1A — 31:10
3. 02 -- Chapter 1B — 19:45
4. 03 -- Chapter 2A — 27:52
5. 04 -- Chapter 2B — 31:10
6. 05 -- Chapter 3A — 17:59
7. 06 -- Chapter 3B — 26:11
8. 07 -- Chapter 4A — 17:53
9. 08 -- Chapter 4B — 18:55
10. 09 -- Chapter 5A — 17:35
11. 10 -- Chapter 5B — 25:52
12. 11 -- Chapter 6A — 25:20
13. 12 -- Chapter 6B — 31:16
14. 13 -- Chapter 7A — 13:27
15. 14 -- Chapter 7B — 22:40
16. 15 -- Chapter 8A — 26:49
17. 16 -- Chapter 8B — 29:14
18. 17 -- Chapter 9A — 13:04
19. 18 -- Chapter 9B — 20:18

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