The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay: Volume 3, January 1834–August 1841

The third volume of Thomas Pinney's acclaimed edition of Macaulay's letters brings the work to its halfway point.

Thomas MacAulay (Author), Thomas Pinney (Author)

9780521088985, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 October 2008

408 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.6 kg

The third volume of Thomas Pinney's acclaimed edition of Macaulay's letters brings the work to its halfway point. This volume begins with Macaulay preparing to sail for India as a member of the supreme Council, covers his Indian career, his return to England, renewed election to Parliament and appointment to the Whig Cabinet; it ends with the defeat of Melbourne's ministry. Many of the letters are previously unpublished, and are notable for their brisk and vivid style, clear and readable as was all Macaulay's prose. They throw particular light on his Indian years, in which Macaulay played a significant part in liberalising movement begun by Bentinck. The period also took Macaulay through several personal crises, brought about by the death of one favourite sister and the marriage of another. In these letters too Macaulay often concerns himself with his continuing literary career.

1. From London to Calcutta, 1 January 1834–7 February 1835
2. The Indian Legislator, 8 February 1835–17 January 1838
3. England, Italy, and Return to Politics, 14 June 1838–August 1841.

Subject Areas: Biography: general [BG]