Cover of The History of England

The History of England

by Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1848

+ Want to read

Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose poetry, in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe and achieving sales in America second only to the Bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently effortless triumph.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
BritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 576 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked The History of England? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The History of England. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Lawrence James · 1994 Shares history, british history, nonfiction
  2. The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714 Christopher Hill · 1961 Shares history, nonfiction, european history
  3. The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History Rebecca Fraser · 1998 Shares history, nonfiction, british history
  4. The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars Richard Overy · 2009 Shares history, british history, nonfiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read The History of England tend to reach for these next.”

  1. A Monarchy Transformed: Britain, 1603-1714 Mark A. Kishlansky · 1996
  2. The Romantic Generation Charles Rosen · 1995
  3. The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka · 1972
  4. The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783 John Brewer · 1989

“If you want more of the same (history), start with these.”

  1. Stuart England J.P. Kenyon · 1978
  2. Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World Kwasi Kwarteng · 2011
  3. Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present Lawrence James · 2010
  4. The English and their History Robert Tombs · 2014

“If it was the british history that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. A History of Britain: The Fate Of Empire 1776-2000 Simon Schama · 2002
  2. A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603 Simon Schama · 2000
  3. A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 Simon Schama · 2001
  4. The Birth of Britain Winston S. Churchill · 1956

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Selected Non-Fictions Jorge Luis Borges · 1999
  2. The History of Rome, Books XXXI-XLV: Rome and the Mediterranean Livy · 1976
  3. The Complete Poems Walt Whitman · 1976
  4. Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope Alexander Pope · 1968

Report a problem