Reviews for The Quarrel of Macaulay and Croker: Politics and History in the Age of Reform

The average rating for The Quarrel of Macaulay and Croker: Politics and History in the Age of Reform based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-06 00:00:00 Samuel azucena Azucena Have you ever wondered why Macaualay's review of Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson is at once deliciously snarky and appallingly petty? William Thomas is your man. I cannot remember 19th Century English politics ever having been rendered more clearly and with such wisdom, analytic power, and historical imagination. Though Mr. Thomas may not welcome the sentiment, I must say that I could not put the book down.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-08 00:00:00 Richard Huggins Honestly, this might be the worst book I've ever read. It's so unfocused and feels like a rough draft or someone's journal. Rita Mae Brown attempts to bore her reader's to death by going into such extreme detail about anything and everything you don't care about. As an animal lover myself, I was disappointed in how little of the book is about her pets or her connection to them. Instead the book spends way too much time describing fox hunting and how she is kind of a shitty pet owner in general. There are a few good stories and points made but it's lost in the jumble of disconnected thoughts. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone ever.