TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sullivan,Robert E.
TI  - Macaulay: The Tragedy of Power
SN  - 9780674054691
AV  - DA3 
U1  - 941.081092 B 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay,-Baron,-1800-1859
KW  - Historians-Great Britain-Biography
KW  - Authors, English-19th century-Biography
KW  - Statesmen-Great Britain-Biography
KW  - Great Britain-Politics and government-1800-1837
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Heir -- 2. Star -- 3. Legislator -- 4. Sinister Prophet -- 5. Statesman -- 6. Empire Builder -- 7. The Last Ancient Historian -- 8. The Lion -- 9. Baron Macaulay of Rothley -- 10. Procrastinator -- 11. Praeceptor Gentis Anglorum -- 12. A Broken Heart -- Envoi: Immortal -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - 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 talents to gaining power--above all for England and its empire--made Macaulay's life a tragedy. Sullivan offers an unrivaled study of an afflicted genius and a thoughtful meditation on the modern ethics of power
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