Macaulay and Son

Macaulay and Son
ISBN-10
0300189184
ISBN-13
9780300189186
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2012-09-14
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Catherine Hall

Description

Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller which shaped much more than the literary culture of the times: it defined a nation's sense of self, charting the rise of the British Isles to its triumph as a homogenous nation, a safeguard of the freedom of belief and expression, and a central world power. In this book Catherine Hall explores the emotional, intellectual, and political roots of Thomas Macaulay's vision of England, tracing the influence of his father's career as a colonial governor and drawing illuminating comparisons between the two men.

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