Amazon.com description: Product Description: “Edwin Jones is well equipped to tell Lingard’s story, to examine Lingard’s methods with true Lingardian meticulousness and to explain the circumstances of his intellectual ostracism… This book confirms the view that the search for historical truth, despite the obstacles, is not a waste of time or effort. It restores Lingard to his rightful place in the pantheon of British historians. And it shows that the British historical tradition is even richer than most of us were led to believe.’’ From the Foreword by Norman Davies, author of Europe: A History and The Isles