Macaulay : the tragedy of power /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sullivan, Robert E., 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, > Baron, > 1800-1859.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, > Baron, > 1800-1859
Macaulay, Thomas Babington.
1800-1899
Historians > Great Britain > Biography.
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Statesmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Écrivains anglais > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Hommes d'État > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Authors, English
Historians
Politics and government
Statesmen
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1800-1837.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1800-1837.
Great Britain
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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