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The History of England

Name: The History of England
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
ISBN: 9780140431339

by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Hugh Trevor-Roper

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Overview

Thomas Babington Macaulay 1800-1859 won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose poetry, in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe and achieving sales in America second only to the Bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently effortless triumph.

Synopsis

Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose poetry, in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe and achieving sales in America second only to the Bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently effortless triumph.