The History of England from the Accession of James I to That of the Brunswick Line: Volume 7 Contributor(s): Macaulay, Catharine (Author) |
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ISBN: 110806762X ISBN-13: 9781108067621 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $67.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 18th Century |
Dewey: 942.06 |
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th |
Physical Information: 1.03" H x 7" W x 10" (1.94 lbs) 514 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influence on American revolutionary ideology, Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) drew diligently on untapped seventeenth-century sources to craft her skilful yet inevitably biased narrative. Seen as a Whig response to David Hume's Tory perspective on English history, the early volumes made Macaulay a literary sensation in the 1760s. Later instalments were less rapturously received by those critics who took exception to her republican views. Both the product and a portrait of tumultuous ages, the work maintains throughout a strong focus on the fortunes of political liberty. Volume 7 (1781) deals with the period following the end of the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1674, extending to the trial and execution of Algernon Sidney in 1683. |