Books by Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England from the Accession of James II
by Thomas Babington Macaulay
He argues that before 1688 England was a backward place and it was political change that gave rise to social and economic modernisation
Historical and Critical Essays
by Thomas Babington Macaulay
Frederick the Great showed Voltaire his poems, at which Voltaire famously said: ‘See what a quantity of his dirty laundry the King has sent me to wash.’ The essays are just full of wonderful detail of that kind.
Interviews where books by Thomas Babington Macaulay were recommended
The best books on The History of the Present, recommended by Timothy Garton Ash
Historian and journalist Timothy Garton Ash describes the “mongrel genre” between reportage and scholarship and says using the historian’s tools to analyse the present is a vital undertaking
The best books on The Glorious Revolution, recommended by Steven Pincus
When William of Orange came from Holland to take the English throne in 1688, was it a foreign invasion, or a revolution from within? Yale historian, Steven Pincus, talks us through the conflicting views on the Glorious Revolution and argues for a new perspective.
