TY - BOOK AU - Macaulay,Thomas Babington Macaulay,Baron AU - Widger,David TI - The History of England, from the Accession of James II.: Complete Contents of the Five Volumes AV - DA PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 KW - Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 KW - Indexes N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_England_from_the_Accession_of_James_the_Second; Release date is 2008-06-26; David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The History of England, from the Accession of James II" by Lord Macaulay is a five-volume work published in 1848. It chronicles seventeen turbulent years of British history, from James II's reign through the Glorious Revolution to William III's death in 1702. Macaulay pioneered a dramatic narrative style while maintaining scholarly rigor, interpreting this period as England's transformation from superstition and autocracy toward constitutional balance and freedom. His bold, progressive vision—sometimes called the Whig interpretation—shaped historical writing for generations, though later scholars challenged his one-sided portrayal of heroes and villains. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25902 ER -