History and the early English novel matters of fact from Bacon to Defoe - Mayer, Robert 1948- (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1997)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bacon, Francis -- 1561-1626 -- Influence; Defoe, Daniel -- 1661n-1731 -- Knowledge -- History; English fiction -- History and criticism. -- 18th century; Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- History -- 18th century. -- Great Britain