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Beacon lights of history (Volume VI)

Beacon lights of history (Volume VI)

Lord, John

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Business BiographiesAncient History GeneralGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9353800501
ISBN13: 9789353800505
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 492
Weight: 1.36
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Victorian confidence meets the bracing long view of the past. John Lord writes as if the centuries are lit from within. These lives still speak now. Beacon Lights of History (Volume VI) continues Lord's renowned victorian history essays, shaped as a biographical lecture collection that blends classic historical biographies with moral urgency and narrative drive. Moving through the western world history he knew best, Lord connects individual character to public consequence: ideas, institutions, and belief as engines of civilization and cultural history. His eye for church and religious history sits alongside politics, learning, and social change, giving a panoramic sense of how the modern West was made. In Lord's hands, the great men of history are not museum pieces; they are arguments about leadership, conscience, and the costs of progress. Part of a tradition that invites comparison with Plutarch Parallel Lives and the thomas carlyle heroes model of history, Lord's lectures helped define popular historical reading in the nineteenth century and still reward attention for their clarity and sweep. For casual readers each lecture stands alone; for classic-literature collectors, the set forms a Victorian monument. They suit quiet evening reading as readily as homeschool history reading, and they remain a sturdy history students reference for readers tracing ancient to modern history without wading through specialist jargon. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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