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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
By William Makepeace Thackeray
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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 utilises characters both real (but dramatised) and imagined.
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Table of Contents
- THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.
- A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF By William Makepeace Thackeray
- Boston, Estes and Lauriat, Publishers
- PREFACE.
- THE ESMONDS OF VIRGINIA.
- A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF By William Makepeace Thackeray
- THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND.
- BOOK I
- THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.
- CHAPTER I.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HALL.
- CHAPTER II.
- RELATES HOW FRANCIS, FOURTH VISCOUNT, ARRIVES AT CASTLEWOOD.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- MY SUPERIORS ARE ENGAGED IN PLOTS FOR THE RESTORATION OF KING JAMES II.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- I AM LEFT AT CASTLEWOOD AN ORPHAN, AND FIND MOST KIND PROTECTORS THERE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- AFTER GOOD FORTUNE COMES EVIL.
- CHAPTER IX.
- I HAVE THE SMALL-POX, AND PREPARE TO LEAVE CASTLEWOOD.
- CHAPTER X.
- I GO TO CAMBRIDGE, AND DO BUT LITTLE GOOD THERE.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- MY LORD MOHUN COMES AMONG US FOR NO GOOD.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- MY LORD LEAVES US AND HIS EVIL BEHIND HIM.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- WE RIDE AFTER HIM TO LONDON.
- BOOK II.
- CHAPTER I.
- I AM IN PRISON, AND VISITED, BUT NOT CONSOLED THERE.
- CHAPTER II.
- I COME TO THE END OF MY CAPTIVITY, BUT NOT OF MY TROUBLE.
- CHAPTER III.
- I TAKE THE QUEEN'S PAY IN QUIN'S REGIMENT.
- CHAPTER IV.
- RECAPITULATIONS.
- CHAPTER V.
- I GO ON THE VIGO BAY EXPEDITION, TASTE SALT-WATER AND SMELL POWDER.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE 29TH DECEMBER.
- CHAPTER VII.
- I AM MADE WELCOME AT WALCOTE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- FAMILY TALK.
- CHAPTER IX.
- I MAKE THE CAMPAIGN OF 1704.
- CHAPTER X.
- AN OLD STORY ABOUT A FOOL AND A WOMAN.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE FAMOUS MR. JOSEPH ADDISON.
- CHAPTER XII.
- I GET A COMPANY IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1706.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE CAMPAIGN OF 1707, 1708.
- CHAPTER XV.
- GENERAL WEBB WINS THE BATTLE OF WYNENDAEL.
- BOOK III.
- CONTAINING THE END OF MR. ESMOND'S ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER I.
- I COME TO AN END OF MY BATTLES AND BRUISES.
- CHAPTER II.
- I GO HOME, AND HARP ON THE OLD STRING.
- CHAPTER III.
- A PAPER OUT OF THE "SPECTATOR."
- CHAPTER IV.
- BEATRIX'S NEW SUITOR.
- CHAPTER V.
- MOHUN APPEARS FOR THE LAST TIME IN THIS HISTORY.
- CHAPTER VI.
- POOR BEATRIX.
- CHAPTER VII.
- I VISIT CASTLEWOOD ONCE MORE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- I TRAVEL TO FRANCE AND BRING HOME A PORTRAIT OF RIGAUD.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE ORIGINAL OF THE PORTRAIT COMES TO ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER X.
- WE ENTERTAIN A VERY DISTINGUISHED GUEST AT KENSINGTON.
- CHAPTER XI.
- OUR GUEST QUITS US AS NOT BEING HOSPITABLE ENOUGH.
- CHAPTER XII.
- A GREAT SCHEME, AND WHO BALKED IT.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- AUGUST 1ST, 1714.
- BOOK I
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