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In Frederic the Great

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Macaulay's review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found in vol. iii of his Critical and Historical Essays, and concentrates prima…

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In Warren Hastings

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

"Warren Hastings" is Chapter IV of Thomas Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays, vol. III. It first appeared in the Edinburgh …

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In The Chaperon

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Henry James

What on earth is a girl to do when London society has convicted her mother of a dreadful sin and has ostracized her? If blood is thicker tha…

Lord Clive

In Lord Clive

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

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