num_pages: 242
description: In this original and lucid guide to the proper reading of Gibbon, Ranke, Macaulay, and Burckhardt--great historians who were also great stylists--Peter Gay demonstrates that style is an invaluable clue to the historian's insight.
language: English
title: Style in History
titlecomplete: Style in History
genres: History
ratings_count: 30
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Basic Books