The History of England: From The Accession of James II. COMPLETE in Five Volumes
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, nd (ca. 1900). Reprint. Three-quarter leather. Five volumes. 8vo. Pp. 601; 595; 547; 581; 574, index. Marbled endpapers. Frontis. portrait of the author in Vol. I with tissue guard. Bound in three-quarter burgundy-colored leather over marbled paper boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Near Fine set, light wear to spine ends, with a chip to head of Volume I. A handsome set. Near Fine. Item #10248
Historians have not been kind to Macaulay, but that could be the product of professional jealousy. He set out to displace the novel as the go-to for casual reading, and in that he was successful: presenting history in readable, stylistic and engaging prose, that reads like the best - if early Victorian - fiction.
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