History of England from the Accession of James I to That of the Brunswick Line
work by Catharine Macaulay
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Catharine Macaulay's History of England from the Accession of James I to That of the Brunswick Line is an eight-volume work published between 1763 and 1783. This historical text champions the Parliamentary cause and expresses strong republican sympathies. Macaulay's work was widely read, despite the controversies it generated.1
It is important to distinguish this work from The History of England by Thomas Babington Macaulay, published in five volumes between 1849 and 1861, which covers the period from 1688 to 1702.2
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