The History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1880)
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1880)
by Lord Macaulay
7 ½ x 5. In English. Published by Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, London, 1880. New Edition in Two Volumes. Complete. Polished tree calf. Ornate gilt decorated spine with five gilt raised bands, gilt lettered red and black morocco title labels and inner and outer dentelles. Bumped corners. Marbled edges and endpapers. Exceptionally clean text block. In very good overall condition. New to our inventory. Detailed condition report coming soon. (The image of the author we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, FRS FRSE PC was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist, on contemporary and historical sociopolitical subjects, and as a reviewer. This work was a seminal and paradigmatic example of Whig historiography, and its literary style has remained an object of praise since its publication, including subsequent to the widespread condemnation of its historical contentions which became popular in the 20th century. He consciously fused the picturesque, dramatic style of classical historians such as Thucydides and Tacitus with the learned and factual approach of his 18th century precursors such as Hume. First published in 1848, this work covers a 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the Coregency of William III and Mary II, through William III's death.
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