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History of England

From the Accession of James II

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552 stránok
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20 hodin

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This is Volume three of a five volume setA classic and comprehensive work in five volumes by Thomas Babington Macaulay.Chapters include: William and Mary proclaimed in London, questions relating to the revenue, the first Mutiny Bill, suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, unpopularity of William, State of Ireland at the time of the Revolution: the civil power in the hands of the Roman Catholics, Tyconnel sends Mountjoy and Rice to France; Tyreonnel calls the Irish people to arms, expedition under Kirke arrives in Lough Foyle; cruelty of Rosen, The Revolution more violent in Scotland than in England, William and Mary accept the Crown of Scotland, disputes in the English Parliament; the attainder of Russell reversed, frauds of the English Commissariat, violence of the Whigs, meeting of the New Parliament; settlement of the Revenue, trial of Crone and more!About the Author1st Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was a British historian, essayist, and statesman, best remembered for his five-volume History of England. Baron Macaulay was a minor poet but a brilliant essayist. His History of England has been criticized for its Protestant and Whig bias, but his vast wealth of material, his use of vivid details, and his brilliant, rhetorical, narrative style combined to make it one of the greatest literary works of the 19th century.

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History of England, Thomas Babington Macaulay

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2001
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