The History of Henry Esmond

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray  

Publisher: Booklassic‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9789635224265

Subject: I1 World Literature

Keyword: 世界文学

Language: ENG

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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. When Henry comes of age he joins the campaign to restore James Stuart to the throne, but is eventually forced to accept the Protestant future of England.

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