Virginians : a tale of the last century, no. 11

A historical novel written and illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. The novel tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, Virginia-born George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglement with an older woman leads to his volunteering in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the 1759 capture of Quebec. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he takes the revolutionary side. George, who also becomes a British officer, eventually resigns his commission rather than continuing in arms against his brother. A historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. The novel tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, Virginia-born George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglement with an older woman leads to his volunteering in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the 1759 capture of Quebec. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he takes the revolutionary side. George, who also becomes a British officer, eventually resigns his commission rather than continuing in arms against his brother. Volume 1. Chapters 41-44. Chapter 41. Rake's progress -- Chapter 42. Fortunatus nimium -- Chapter 43. In which Harry flies high -- Chapter 44. Contains what might, perhaps, have been expected

In Collection:

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Creator

• Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

Subject

• Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Québec : 1759)
• Military history
• Families
• Twin brothers
• Soldiers
• French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763)
• American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)

Publisher

• London : Bradbury & Evans

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Call Number: PR5620 A1 1857

Date created

• September 1858

Relation

•  https://search.library.uvic.ca/permalink/01VIC_INST/71bv5b/alma994182123807291

Resource type

• Text

Source

• University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections, PR4569 A1 1836

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 2 volumes in 24 parts (376 pages)

Edition

• First edition in original yellow printed wrappers.

Geographic coverage

• Great Britain
• United States

Coordinates

• 54.75844, -2.69531
• 39.76, -98.5

Additional physical characteristics

• Illustrations.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• fiction (general genre)
• books
• serials (publications)
• publications (documents)
• novels

Date digitized

• June 21, 2014

Technical note

• Compressed from archive to 150 dpi; saved as medium quality (5) jpg. Scanned by CDeWolfe using Plustek bookscanner @ 600dpi. No colour or image correction or reduction. 400 dpi tiffs, no colour correction; archived on DROBO. Metadata by KD.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/901k-qf16

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

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