"The History of England" by Lord Macaulay - Longmans Green, London - 1905-1906 new impression of Albany edition - Vol I-VI - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, prize half leather binding with gilded prize element on front board, some rubbing to spine, frontispiece present The Albany edition of Thomas Babington Macaulay's historical account of late seventeenth century England. With frontispieces selected by the Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Alongside Macaulays confident and dramatic prose, The History of England is known for its progressive conception of history, often called the Whig interpretation of history. As he describes the events of the seventeen year period from 1685 to 1702, incorporating the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, and the coregency of William of Orange and Mary II, Macaulay argues that England overcame superstition and autocracy to create a balanced constitution Lord Macaulay was a British historian and Whig politician, who served as War Secretary between 1839 and 1841.