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Macaulay : the tragedy of power /

On the 150th anniversary of the death of the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, Robert Sullivan offers a portrait of a Victorian life that probes the cost of power, the practice of empire, and the impact of ideas. Devoting his huge talents to gaining power -- above all for E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Robert E., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Heir
  • Star
  • Legislator
  • Sinister prophet
  • Statesman
  • Empire builder
  • The last ancient historian
  • The lion
  • Baron Macaulay of Rothley
  • Procrastinator
  • Praeceptor gentis anglorum
  • A broken heart
  • Envoi : immortal.