Lays of Ancient Rome, with Ivry and the Armada

Custom blue half-leather over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on red label in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt borders on covers, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. New edition, with explanatory notes. Contents: Includes Preface; Horatius; The Battle of Lake Regillus; Virginia; The Prophecy of Capys;. Ivry; and The Armada; each with extensive introductory notes and detailed additional notes at the end. First published in 1842, the Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. Macaulay also included two poems inspired by recent history: Ivry (1824) and The Armada (1832). They became immensely popular, and were a regular subject of recitation, then a common pastime. The Lays were standard reading in British public schools for more than a century. As a teenager, Winston Churchill won a Harrow School award for memorising and declaiming all 1200 lines of Macaulay's text. In the films Into The Storm (2009)[10] and Darkest Hour (2017), he is depicted reciting Horatius' speech while Prime Minister during the Second World War. . Minor shelf-wear and rubbing to covers, small label removed from rep, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 144 pp

Product Info

Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Year: 1884

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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