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The History of Henry Esmond, Esquire: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne

Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
17 hours 28 minutes
ISBN
9781802569322
Published
14 October 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Queen Anne
  • Jacobitism
  • aristocracy
  • illegitimacy
  • historical fiction
  • 18th-century England
  • loyalty
  • romance
  • political intrigue
  • moral ambiguity

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Description

Henry Esmond, illegitimate son of the Castlewood line, narrates his devotion to Beatrix, his loyalty to the Stuart cause, and service under Queen Anne. Romance, intrigue, and honour shift with each political turn. Thackeray’s historical novel of a gentleman whose conscience is the true battlefield. Spoken as when love and allegiance pull in opposite directions and a man must choose which name he can keep.

Author

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) wrote Vanity Fair and a satirical England of snobs, soldiers, and Becky Sharp. Born in Calcutta, ruined young, he learned the world as a magazine man and then painted it at novel length. The narrator winks; the damage is real. Thirty-one titles here — more Fair than the one book everyone names. He drew as well as he wrote, and he never quite forgave society for being as silly as it is.

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