The History of Henry Esmond

Autor*innen

• William Makepeace Thackeray

Parameter

• Britische Literatur
• Geschichte
• Historisches Thema
• Klassiker
• Sachbücher

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Thackeray is said to have valued this novel more highly than any of his others, and most contemporary critics agreed with him. Esmond, orphaned as a child, is brought up by a family of Jacobite aristocrats and fights under the banner of the Old Pretender. The text includes a critical introduction.

• Sprache: Englisch