The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray

The History of Henry Esmond

William Makepeace Thackeray

442 pages first pub 1852 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative slow-paced
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he story of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England, begins in his youth, as the illegitimate and orphaned cousin of the Viscount and Lady of Castlewood. The Jacobite family gradually embraces Henry as one of their own. Whe...

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