John Robert Seeley

The Expansion of England: (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

[History] should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future. So begins John R. Seeley's sweeping study of the British Empire's imperialist pastan illuminating look at a world power and its destiny.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411446342
• Artikelnr.: 43110367

Autorenporträt

Sir John Robert Seeley (1834-1895) was an English historian and scholar. In 1859 he published his first book, a collection of poems under the pseudonym John Robertson. In 1869 Seeley was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. His essays, Ecco Homo, Natural Religion, and Expansion of England, were his most important works.