The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay: 1807-February 1831 v. 1. Pinney<|

Thomas Macaulay

The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay: Volume 1, 1807February 1831Author(s): Thomas MacAulay, Thomas Pinney\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521088961, 978-0521088961\nSynopsis\nSome 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 s.