Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

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name = Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite
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author = Anthony Trollope
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novel
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release_date = 1871
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
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followed_by = The World's Classics paperback edition with an Introduction by N. John Hall was published 1991 by OUP
isbn = 0-19-282205-5 (paperback edition)

Anthony Trollope's novel "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite", appeared in 1871.

The novel offers psychological dissection of the issues of inheritance, filial duty, "noblesse oblige", gentlemanly behaviour, repentance and love, all hung upon the story of the wooing and losing of Sir Harry Hotspur's daughter (and heir to his property), Emily, by their "scamp" of a cousin (and heir to Sir Harry's baronetcy), Captain George Hotspur.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethewaite has recently been serialised on Oneword radio.


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