Robert Seeley: 10 books

“[History] should not merely gratify the reader’s curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future.” So begins John R. Seeley’s sweeping study of the British Empire’s imperialist past—an illuminating look at a world power and its destiny.

There have been many biographies of the Emperor Napoleon over the years and in many languages, however most tend to be either overly laudatory, mostly those written in French, or caustically negative, mostly those written in English. Thankfully this work suffers neither polarity of opinion, sticking...

Published anonymously in 1866, Ecce Homo was greeted by a wave of controversy upon its release. Focusing on the human and not the deity, Seeley examines Christ’s position as the founder and king of a theocratic state, and identifies the profound effect his church had upon the standard and practice of morality.

On the night of June 17 - 18, 1239, Queen Eleanor, the consort of Henry the Third, presented her husband with a son, who was born in the Palace of Westminster, and who was instantly, says the old chronicler, named by the king, "Edward, after the glorious king and confessor, whose body rests in the...

Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. He spent much of his reign reforming royal administration and common law. Through an extensive legal inquiry, Edward investigated the tenure of various feudal liberties, while the law was...

Highly original in its focus, The Growth of British Policy studies England’s history through foreign affairs.Volume One begins in 1556 with the abdication of Habsburg Emperor Charles V and the ascension of Queen Elizabeth, and continues through Oliver Cromwell’s era, ending in the mid-1600s.

Highly original in its focus, The Growth of British Policy studies England’s history through foreign affairs. Volume Two continues from the fall of the Monarchy in 1649 and the first Dutch War, to the beginning of the eighteenth century and the development of a Commercial State in England.

On the night of June 17–18, 1239, Queen Eleanor, the consort of Henry III., presented her husband with a son, who was born in the Palace of Westminster, and who was instantly, says the old chronicler, named by the king, “Edward, after the glorious king and confessor, whose body rests in the church...

On the night of June 17–18, 1239, Queen Eleanor, the consort of Henry III., presented her husband with a son, who was born in the Palace of Westminster, and who was instantly, says the old chronicler, named by the king, “Edward, after the glorious king and confessor, whose body rests in the church...

A compact, sophomore-to-senior-level guide, Dr. Seeley's text introduces Fourier series in the way that Joseph Fourier himself used them: as solutions of the heat equation in a disk. Emphasizing the relationship between physics and mathematics, Dr. Seeley focuses on results of greatest significance to...