Author

Publication

2002-05-02 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

71,000 words, Guess

Page Count

284 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100521893186
  • ISBN-139780521893183
  • LibraryThing6526962
  • Goodreads1914287
  • OCLC Control Number49044599
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780521893183
  • Open LibraryOL7767951M

Classifications

  • LCCD15.A25 C485 1998
  • DDC907/.202
  • DDCB

Description

This is a collection of Owen Chadwick's principal writings on Lord Acton, the distinguished Victorian historian and founder of The Cambridge Modern History, in which an historian of our own times expounds the life and work of a great predecessor. This book explains the important aspects of Acton's complex mind and his great contribution to historical studies.

First Sentence

ACTON was born in 1834, only son of a baronet and squire of Aldenham in Shropshire.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Acton and HistoryPaperbackCambridge University Press2002-05-02

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