Book description
One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay
(1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose, poetry,
political acumen and oratorical skills. Among the most successful and
enthralling histories ever written, his History of England won
instantaneous success following the publication of its first volumes in
1849, and was rapidly translated into most European languages. Beginning
with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and concluding at the end of the
reign of William III in 1702, it illuminates a time of deep struggle
throughout Britain and Ireland in vivid and compelling prose. But while
Macaulay offers a gripping narrative, and draws on a wide range of
sources including historical accounts and creative literature, his
enduring success also owes a great deal to his astonishing ability to
grasp, and explain, the political reality that has always underpinned
social change.
