Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] — Essay on Lord Clive

London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1885. Cloth. A smart copy of this essay from English historian Thomas Babington Macaulay on Robert Clive, also known as Clive of India. Later edition. A detailed essay on the life and work of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company rule in Bengal. Written by Thomas Babington Macaulay, an English historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War and as the Paymaster General. With an introduction from George B. Turnball, an English scholar. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light loss to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. A contemporary ink inscription to the title page. Lacking front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .