Bowen paints a portrait of Coke’s life against the backdrop of the turbulent, colorful pageantry of the days of Queen Elizabeth and James, first Stuart King of England. 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 model for our Revolutionary forefathers.
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 652 pages. Dust jacket (price clipped) in fair condition with chipping, edge wear and foxing—in protector. Boards with fading and slight edge wear. Some crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square with hinges and joints strong. Pages tanned. Nice copy.
