Publisher's Synopsis
Biography of influential figures in the world of history. Thomas Carlyle (Ecclefechan, Scotland, 4 December 1795-London, 5 February 1881) was a Scottish historian, social critic and essayist. His concept of history is reflected in works such as Letters and Speeches by Oliver Cromwell (1845) and History of Frederick II of Prussia, which consists of 10 volumes written between 1858 and 1865. He also produced an autobiography entitled Memories, which was published in 1881 He died in London on February 5, 1881. In the works of Ruskin and Dickens we will find great influence of this thinker. Carlyle's thought and works renewed Anglo-Saxon writing; It is often pointed out among his undoubted merits to have succeeded in getting his compatriots finally interested in German literature and philosophy, which had so much maligned and lost some of their prejudices about them.
