The history of Henry Esmond, Esq. : a colonel in the service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
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- Title
- The history of Henry Esmond, Esq. : a colonel in the service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
- 823.8 THA
- Creator
- W. M.Thackeray ; with illustrations by T. H. Robinson
- Date
- 1896
- Sophie Laws collection
- Abstract
- The novel is set in the reign of Queen Anne, the story follows the troubled progress of a gentleman and an officer in Marlborough's army, as he painfully wrestles with an emotional allegiance to the old Tory-Catholic England until, disillusioned, he comes to terms of a kind with the Whiggish-Protestant future. This change also entails a very uncomfortable switch in his affections. The love story of Henry Esmond is charged with sombre, unconscious emotions, yet is skilfully embedded into historical events which are convincing but never too prominent.
- Subject
- Historical fiction
- Extent
- xxxv, 513 pages :illustrations ; 19 cm
- Format
- xxxv, 513 pages :illustrations ; 19 cm
- physical book
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 1896
- Type
- Archive
- Item sets
- Archive