The History of Henry Esmond Esq. (Yesterday's Classics)

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(245 245 245 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An historical novel featuring Henry Esmond a colonel in service to Queen Anne of England. As an orphan child Henry experiences a dramatic change in fortune resulting in his becoming involved in the Glorious Revolution the War of the Spanish Succession and the Hanoverian Succession. Anthony Trollope touted Thackeray as the greatest novelist of his day and this title his masterpiece. It is composed of three parts: Book I </span><em style=background-color: rgba(245 245 245 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The early youth of Henry Esmond up to the time of his leaving Trinity College in Cambridge;</em><span style=background-color: rgba(245 245 245 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Book II </span><em style=background-color: rgba(245 245 245 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Contains Mr. Esmond's military life and other matters appertaining to the Esmond family;</em><span style=background-color: rgba(245 245 245 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and Book III </span><em style=background-color: rgba(245 245 245 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Containing the end of Mr. Edmond's adventures in England.</em></p>