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Lectures on Modern History
- John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (author)
- John Neville Figgis (editor)
- Reginald Vere Laurence (editor)
These are the lectures given by the great English classical liberal historian, Lord Acton, in the academic years 1899-1901 at Cambridge University. It is a survey of modern history from the rise of the modern nation state to the American Revolution. The book also contains his “Inaugural Lecture” of 1895.