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MACAULAY (Thomas Babington). THE History of England from the Accession of James the Second. London. 1850. - MACAULAY (Thomas Babington) THE History of England from the Accession of James the Second . Seventh Edition. London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. 2 [of 5] v.: xii, 684 pp.; xii, 680 pp.; 230 mm. Seventh edition of the first two volumes, which cover events up to 1688. Volumes III and IV only appeared in 1855, and volume V posthumously in 1861. Thomas Babington Macaulay (Rothley Temple, 1800 – London, 1859), historian, essayist, and Whig politician, was one of the most influential voices in Victorian culture. His magnum opus, *A History of England from the Accession of James the Second* , covers the seventeen years between 1685 and 1702, narrating the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and the rule of William III and Mary II. Macaulay fused the dramatic style of classical historians with the factual rigor of his Enlightenment predecessors, drawing on sources previously underutilized by historians, including popular literature, pamphlets, and private correspondence. The work became the paradigm of Whig historiography – the progressive interpretation of English history as an irreversible march towards constitutional liberty – and exerted a lasting influence on generations of historians, despite later criticisms of its bias and its tendency to dramatize historical figures as heroes or villains. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate