The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century [New Century Library Edition: The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume IX]. by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909.

New York, NY Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1909. Hardcover Good: Shows significant indications of use: chipping and a short tear at the head of the back-strip, which is also very lightly sunned; former owner's not unattractive bookplate at the front paste-down endpaper; some lightly scuffing at the front hinge; else only light overall wear, minor rubbing; faint soiling to the outside edges. Binding is slightly cocked, but remains secure; text clean. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, reading copy. 12mo. 928pp. India Paper. Green Leather. Gilt titles and designs at the back-strip. Top Edge Gilt. Sewn-in linen place marker. Limp Leather Hardback. The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century (1857-59) is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. It tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglements with an older woman lead up to his taking a commission in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he takes the revolutionary side. George, who is also a British officer, thereupon resigns his commission rather than take up arms against his brother. Critical reception of the book was on the whole favourable, and the novel has continued to be considered one of the standard works of 19th century fiction, though many critics have held that the novel's plotting was not of the tightest.[1] Anthony Trollope's opinion was typical: "There is not a page of it vacant or dull. But he who takes it up to read as a whole, will find that it is the work of a desultory writer, to whom it is not infrequently difficult to remember the incidents of his own narrative".