The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair - Cash/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bountiful, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Ginn & Company, 1905. Hardcover. Fair - Cash/No Jacket. Green hardcover with fading black lettering to the cover and spine. Heavier surface and edge wear to the covers. The corners have been bumped. The boards are exposed in the corners. Small tears at the top and bottom of the spine. The cover's beginning to fray where the boards are exposed. Previous owner's name inside. Several pages have been scribbled on in crayon. Several pages have markings in their gutters. Soiling to the pages. Pages show reader and age wear. Several small edge tears. Several cracks in the spine throughout the book. Pages appear to be secure. **This edition has been edited for school use by Hamilton Byron Moore.** Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Garden
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1081921
- Title
- The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair - Cash
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Date Published
- 1905
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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