The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Title:	The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself
Author:	Thackeray, William Makepeace
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
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Excerpt
Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am, Your obliged friend and servant.

Table of Contents
Contents PREFACE. ........................................................................................................................................ 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HALL ..................................... 14 CHAPTER II RELATES HOW FRANCIS, FOURTH VISCOUNT, ARRIVES AT CASTLEWOOD........................... 19 CHAPTER III WHITHER IN THE TIME OF THOMAS, THIRD VISCOUNT, I HAD PRECEDED HIM AS PAGE TO ISABELLA ............................................................................................................................................................. 26 CHAPTER IV I AM PLACED UNDER A POPISH PRIEST AND BRED TO THAT RELIGION.?VISCOUNTESS CASTLEWOOD .................................................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER V MY SUPERIORS ARE ENGAGED IN PLOTS FOR THE RESTORATION OF KING JAMES II. ...... 42 CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF THE PLOTS.?THE DEATH OF THOMAS, THIRD VISCOUNT OF CASTLEWOOD; AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF HIS VISCOUNTESS........................................................... 52 CHAPTER VII I AM LEFT AT CASTLEWOOD AN ORPHAN, AND FIND MOST KIND PROTECTORS THERE. 66 CHAPTER VIII AFTER GOOD FORTUNE COMES EVIL. ........................................................................................ 73 CHAPTER IX I HAVE THE SMALL-POX, AND PREPARE TO LEAVE CASTLEWOOD. ....................................... 82 CHAPTER X I GO TO CAMBRIDGE, AND DO BUT LITTLE GOOD THERE. ........................................................ 99 CHAPTER XI I COME HOME FOR A HOLIDAY TO CASTLEWOOD, AND FIND A SKELETON IN THE HOUSE. 106 CHAPTER XII MY LORD MOHUN COMES AMONG US FOR NO GOOD. ........................................................ 118 CHAPTER XIV WE RIDE AFTER HIM TO LONDON. ............................................................................................ 139 BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND?S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS APPERTAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY.....................................................................................153 CHAPTER I I AM IN PRISON, AND VISITED, BUT NOT CONSOLED THERE. .................................................. 153 CHAPTER II I COME TO THE END OF MY CAPTIVITY, BUT NOT OF MY TROUBLE..................................... 162 CHAPTER III I TAKE THE QUEEN?S PAY IN QUIN?S REGIMENT. ...................................................................... 171