Macaulay : the tragedy of power

Author/Creator:: Sullivan, Robert E.
Publication/Creation:: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009
Format:: Book
Edition:: 1st ed.

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Subjects:: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay,Baron,1800-1859
Historians--Great Britain--Biography
Authors, English--19th century--Biography
Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography
Great Britain--Politics and government--1800-1837

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.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: 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 England and its empire - made Macaulay's life a tragedy. Sullivan offers an unsurpassed study of an afflicted genius and a thoughtful meditation on the modern ethics of power.
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (625 p.)
General Note:: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph