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Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

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Published2008
Words56,577
LanguageEnglish
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This first volume collects essays and speeches by the nineteenth-century British historian, politician, and essayist Thomas Babington Macaulay, covering literary, historical, and political subjects. It suits readers interested in Victorian prose, English history, and nineteenth-century political thought.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was a British historian, poet and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848. He is best known for his The History of England, a seminal example of Whig history which expressed Macaulay's belief in the inevitability of sociopolitical progress and has been widely commended for its prose style. Macaulay also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy.

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