I am going to assume that this Douglas Jerrold is not him, but a minor academic who has sunk into obscurity, like I expect to myself one day.Ī fair few of the Critical and Historical Essays in this book are reviews of books similar to itself- that is, books of the writings of famous historical figures introduced and arranged by clueless people who came along long afterward.
The only Douglas Jerrold living at that time that I could find on Wikipedia appears to be a well-known British Fascist.
It was a 2-volume edition published for ‘Everyman’s Library’ with an introduction written in 1961 by a fellow named Douglas Jerrold.
Goodreads seems to have editions of this scattered about like confetti, with zero or maybe one or two ratings for each, and I couldn’t find the one I read. This, bringing the History down to the death of William III, was prepared for publication by his sister, Lady Trevelyan, after his death. However, at his death in 1859, he was working on the fifth volume. The third and fourth volumes, bringing the history to the Peace of Ryswick, were published in 1855. After publication of his first two volumes, his hope was to complete his work with the death of Queen Anne in 1714. At first, he had planned to bring his history down to the reign of George III. He also held political office as Secretary at War between 18 and Paymaster-General between 18.Īs a young man he composed the ballads Ivry and The Armada, which he later included as part of Lays of Ancient Rome, a series of very popular ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history which he composed in India and published in 1842.ĭuring the 1840s he began work on his most famous work, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, publishing the first two volumes in 1848. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC was an English poet, historian and Whig politician.
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