Faithful Victorian William Thomas Thornton, 1813-1880 [Hardcover]

This book weaves William Thomas Thorntonslife story into the larger themes of his diverse writings whose purpose was toexpose ambiguities and contradictions in politics, economics, metaphysics andreligion. Thornton was a poet, an intrepid traveler, abiographer, an essayist, an imperial mandarin, and a dutiful family man. Thorntonjoined the East India Company in the mid-1830s, rising to become Secretary ofthe India Offices Department of Public Works. Thisstudy uses Thorntons letters and other recently-discovered primary material toprovide a fascinating account that returns his compelling life to the center ofnineteenth-century British intellectual thought.

.One Beginnings.-

.Two Your Plea will not be in Vain.-

.Three TheBest, Truest, Noblest of Friends.-

.Four Rhymesand Verses.-

.Five AnAwkward Equilibrium.-

.Six Servantof the Raj.-

.Seven BurningWords.-

.Eight FinalWorks.-

.Epilogue.

Mark Donoghue has held faculty appointments at the AustralianNational University, National University of Singapore and the University ofNotre Dame, Australia. He is currently on the faculty of SIM University,Singapore. He has published extensively in the field of the history of economicthought.

This book weaves William Thomas Thorntons life story into the larger themes of his diverse writings whose purpose was to expose ambiguities and contradictions in politics, economics, metaphysics and religion. Thornton was a poet, an intrepid traveler, a biographer, an essayist, an imperial mandarin, and a dutiful family man. Thornton joined the East India Company in the mid-1830s, rising to become Secretary of the India Offices Department of Public Works. This study uses Thorntons letters and other recently-discovered primary material to provide a fascinating account that rlÓ'