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The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics
The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics
The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics
The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics
The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics
The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics
The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics

The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1986 • Penguin Classics

The History of England by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay

U.K. TRADE PAPERBACK [1986] PENGUIN CLASSICS 

Penguin black label edition [circa 90's / 00's]

Book is in very good condition.  Clean, tight and seemingly unread with no markings or signs of use.  Small sticker fixed to front endpaper [see photos] otherwise like new with shelf wear to cover.

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.