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Macaulay : The Tragedy of Power.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (625 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674054691
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: MacaulayDDC classification:
  • 941.081092 B
LOC classification:
  • DA3
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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