The history of Henry Esmond, Esquire /
The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published in 1852. The book tells the story of the early life of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England. A typical example of Victorian historical novels, Thackeray's work of hi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Modern Library,
[1950]
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| Series: | Modern Library college editions ;
T34. |
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| Summary: | The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published in 1852. The book tells the story of the early life of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England. A typical example of Victorian historical novels, Thackeray's work of historical fiction tells its tale against the backdrop of late 17th- and early 18th-century England - specifically, major events surrounding the English Restoration - and utilizes characters both real (but dramatized) and imagined. |
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| Item Description: | With reproduction of original title page, London, 1852. |
| Physical Description: | xxxvii, 615 pages ; 19 cm. |
| Bibliography: | "Bibliographical note": page xxiii. |