| Evidence: | The Duke of Rutland to John Wilson Croker, 7 May 1849:
'I read with much interest your review of Macaulay's book. I cannot deny that I read the book itself with much amusement and gratification. But there are very many parts of it which I could not read without pain, and for the very reason which you give in the criticisms you have made upon it.' |
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| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1848 and 7 May 1849 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Duke of Rutland |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Wilson Croker |
| Title: | review of Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, History, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | In the Quarterly Review 84 (March 1849) |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 24602 | |
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| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Louis J. Jennings | |
| Title: | The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1884 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 195 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830 (London, 1884), 3, p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24602, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Source ed. explains that, in his review, Croker had 'insisted that Macaulay's work must be regarded chiefly as an historical romance' (see note to p.193). |
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