Bibliograph

The letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, edited by Thomas Pinney, Volume 6

Type

Label

The letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, edited by Thomas Pinney, Volume 6

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

976829739

Responsibility statement

edited by Thomas Pinney

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

The last four years of Macaulay's life, documented in this final volume of the Letters, began as an agreeable coda to the rest. He had come to terms with his invalid state, and took great satisfaction in the achievement that he had already realised. He continued to work at his History, but without any expectations or anxieties, instead he enjoyed what his labours had already brought him. First among these was his house, Holly Lodge, in Kensington, where he removed early in 1856 after nearly fifteen years in chambers at the Albany. At Holly Lodge, attended by servants, and visited by a steady company of family and friends, Macaulay took pleasure in entertaining, and in supervising the care of his trees, lawn and flowers - novel amusements to an urban bachelor of literary habits. --, Provided by publisher

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