Sean O’s Reviews > The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. > Status Update

The Viscount is dead, long live the Viscount.

The book is much better once you get three chapters into it. “Standard 19th Century Prose Style*

This book has not one, not two, but three unnecessary prefatory chapters. Each one is overwritten in a style that doesn’t resemble the first chapter at all.

Do yourself a favor and skip to Chapter 1. You will miss nothing that you can’t go back and make sense of later.