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Historian, essayist and poet, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) is described by his biographer as possessing a mind that was born wise and nurtured to a state of brilliance. With an ability to imbue his most scholarly works with a narrative power 'on a level with that of the greatest masters of prose fiction', Macaulay's multi-volume History of England assured his fame in middle-class Victorian households. Nevertheless, few today are familiar with the author's personal history. Published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1882, this biography by James Cotter Morison (1832-88) introduces readers to the main influences on Macaulay's life and work from his childhood, through his days at Trinity College, Cambridge, to the writing of his History. The result is a sympathetic and detailed portrait of a man whose life was shaped by literature.

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The last four years of Macaulay's life, documented in this final volume of the Letters, began as an agreeable coda to the rest. He had come to terms with his invalid state, and took great satisfaction in the achievement that he had already realised. He continued to work at his History, but without any expectations or anxieties, instead he enjoyed what his labours had already brought him. First among these was his house, Holly Lodge, in Kensington, where he removed early in 1856 after nearly fifteen years in chambers at the Albany. At Holly Lodge, attended by servants, and visited by a steady company of family and friends, Macaulay took pleasure in entertaining, and in supervising the care of his trees, lawn and flowers - novel amusements to an urban bachelor of literary habits.

Historians --- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, --- Macaulay, --- Macaulay, T. Babington --- Makoleĭ, Tomas-Babington, --- Makolej, T. B., --- מקוליי, תומס בבינגטון, --- Authors, English --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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The third volume of Thomas Pinney's acclaimed edition of Macaulay's letters brings the work to its halfway point. This volume begins with Macaulay preparing to sail for India as a member of the supreme Council, covers his Indian career, his return to England, renewed election to Parliament and appointment to the Whig Cabinet; it ends with the defeat of Melbourne's ministry. Many of the letters are previously unpublished, and are notable for their brisk and vivid style, clear and readable as was all Macaulay's prose. They throw particular light on his Indian years, in which Macaulay played a significant part in liberalising movement begun by Bentinck. The period also took Macaulay through several personal crises, brought about by the death of one favourite sister and the marriage of another. In these letters too Macaulay often concerns himself with his continuing literary career.

English --- English Literature --- Languages & Literatures --- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, --- Macaulay, --- Macaulay, T. Babington --- Makoleĭ, Tomas-Babington, --- Makolej, T. B., --- מקוליי, תומס בבינגטון, --- Historians --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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Some of Macaulay's letters were printed in nineteenth-century memoirs, but a 'Complete Letters' of this eminent Victorian has long been needed. Professor Pinney is editing the whole body of surviving letters by Macaulay, giving accurate texts and textual and explanatory notes. The letters are in chronological order, grouped by historical theme and phases of Macaulay's life. The first two volumes deal with his childhood, career at Cambridge, early legal career and early political career, and end with him about to leave for India. The letters are lively because Macaulay (as lawyer, essayist, historian, politician, administrator, poet) was a man of enormous energy and very wide interests. They will add greatly to our sense of early Victorian political and cultural life as well as to our understanding of Macaulay himself.

Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Historians --- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, --- Macaulay, --- Macaulay, T. Babington --- Makoleĭ, Tomas-Babington, --- Makolej, T. B., --- מקוליי, תומס בבינגטון,

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English literature --- Essays. --- Collected papers (Anthologies) --- Papers, Collected (Anthologies) --- Prose literature --- Festschriften --- History and criticism. --- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, --- Macaulay, --- Macaulay, T. Babington --- Makoleĭ, Tomas-Babington, --- Makolej, T. B., --- מקוליי, תומס בבינגטון, --- Great Britain --- England --- History. --- History