Macaulay : : The Tragedy of Power / / Robert E Sullivan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sullivan, Robert E,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674054691; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674054691
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert E Sullivan.

On the 150th anniversary of the death of the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, Robert 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 huge talents to gaining power - above all for England and its empire - made Macaulay's life a tragedy. Sullivan offers an unsurpassed study of an afflicted genius and a thoughtful meditation on the modern ethics of power.