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The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by the nineteenth-century English novelist and satirist. William Makepeace Thackeray. The book is written in the first person, supposedly by Henry Esmond. It describes Henry's life at Castlewood in the early eighteenth century, where he believes he is the illegitimate son of the deceased viscount of Castlewood.

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The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by the nineteenth-century English novelist and satirist. William Makepeace Thackeray. The book is written in the first person, supposedly by Henry Esmond. It describes Henry's life at Castlewood in the early eighteenth century, where he believes he is the illegitimate son of the deceased viscount of Castlewood.
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As soon as I entered the tents a host of menials sprang forward, some to ease me of my armour, some to offer me refreshments, some with hookahs, attar of roses (in great quart bottles), and the thousand delicacies of Eastern life. I motioned them away. "I will wear my armour," said I; "I shall go forth to-night. Carry my duty to the princess, and say I grieve that to-night I have not the time to see her.