num_pages: 576
description: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose poetry, in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe and achieving sales in America second only to the Bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently effortless triumph.
language: English
title: The History of England
titlecomplete: The History of England
genres: Historical, Politics, British Literature, European History, Philosophy, Nonfiction, World History, Classics, 19th Century, History
ratings_count: 241
publisher: Penguin Classics