Noble Rake: The Life of Charles, Fourth Lord Mohun. Being a Study in the Historical Background of Thackaray's Henry Esmond

Robert Stanley Forsythe

Published by Harvard University Press 1928

Noble Rake

The Life of Charles, Fourth Lord Mohun. Being a Study in the Historical Background of Thackaray's Henry Esmond

Robert Stanley Forsythe

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674283886

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
I . LORD MOHUN ENTERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. A CAREER BEGINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
III. A YOUNG MAN ABOUT TOWN AND ELSEWHERE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
IV. LORD MOHUN VISITS CASTLEWOOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
V. A DUEL IN LEICESTER FIELDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
VI. THE DEATH OF LORD CASTLEWOOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
VII. COLONEL AND BRIGADIER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
VIII. MAN OF TON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
IX. STATESMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
X. TWO DUELS IN A NOVEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
XI. LAWSUITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
XII. A QUARREL AND A CHALLENGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
XIII. THE LAST DUEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
XIV. FACT AND FICTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
APPENDICES
APPENDICES A. ADELAIDE DUCHESS OF SHREWSBURY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
APPENDICES B. LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE MACCARTNEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
APPENDICES C. LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS MEREDYTHA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
APPENDICES D. PAMPHLETS, ETC., ON THE HAMILTON-MOHUN DUEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
APPENDICES E. ROYAL PROCLAMATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
APPENDICES F. LETTERS OF THE EARL OF SUTHERLAND AND COLONEL JOHN HAMILTON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1928
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 310
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 14
- Other: 15 illustrations
Keywords: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. History of Henry Esmond.; Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1677-1712.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674283886

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1928
ISBN: 9780674280694