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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written by Himself. In Three Volumes.
de THACKERAY, William Makepeace
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London: printed for Smith, Elder, & Company,, 1852. First edition of the novel often cited alongside Vanity Fair as the author's masterpiece. "Thackeray once again plays off the narrator's insights against the reader's suspicions, giving readers one of the most thought-provoking and unsettling among Victorian novels" (ODNB). "It is on Esmond that Thackeray's fame as a historical novelist primarily rests. The first, three-volume edition was printed in an antique typeface and with antique spelling. Set during the reign of Queen Anne, the novel focuses attention on the English revolution and on the conflicts over succession caused by William III and Anne having no surviving children. Like Barry Lyndon, who writes his life's history while in prison at the end of his life, the narrator and main character, Henry Esmond, writes his memoirs in the twilight of his years on his estate in Virginia, a property he came to after all the events worth telling about his life have taken place" (ibid.). Three volumes, octavo (177 x 115 mm). Near contemporary brown half calf, titles in gilt to black morocco spine labels, floral motifs in gilt to spines, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of Capt. Charles Ruddell-Todd (1831-1901), 2nd Middlesex or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment. Light scuffing to extremities, a little rubbed, the spines notably unfaded, occasional slight spotting or finger-soiling, else internally fresh. A very good, attractive set. Van Duzer 112.
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What spectacle is more august than that of a great king in exile? Who is more worthy of respect than a brave man in misfortune?' When "Henry Esmond" appeared in 1852, noted writers and critics of the time acclaimed it as the best historical novel ever written. 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.
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- The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
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- THACKERAY, William Makepeace
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- London: printed for Smith, Elder, & Company,
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