- Published: 15 December 2014
- ISBN: 9780099587026
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $39.99
Macaulay
Britain’s Liberal Imperialist
- Published: 15 December 2014
- ISBN: 9780099587026
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $39.99
Masani makes a powerful and lucid case for a British statesman who profoundly influenced the course of Indian history and whose influence survives today, a case that is bound to stir up controversy
Mark Tully
Zareer Masani has captured the life, the essence, the dazzle and the enduring impact of the extraordinary Lord Macaulay in this masterpiece of concision and explanation. It's high time Macaulay was brought back to life for those who seek to understand modern India and a contemporary Britain shaped more than it knows by its nineteenth-century experience
Peter Hennessy
Zareer Masani is one of those rare historians who conveys insight and detail in a highly readable style as a result of of which his books are both thought-provoking and eye-opening
Karan Thapar
Writing with his customary elegance and insight, Masani goes beyond the stereotypes of Macaulay to show a difficult, complicated and very human man who, for better or worse, left his mark on both India and Britain. A thoroughly enjoyable and very welcome biography
Margaret MacMillan
Splendid and original
Daniel Johnson, Standpoint
Engrossing…written with brio and verve
Philip Collins, The Times
Engaging
John Kampfner, Observer
An elegant mixture of polemic and biography
Ian Jack, Prospect
Brisk, well-written... Tightly argued
The Economist