He is subject to the shocking revelation that Captain Quinn, whom he thought he had killed, is not dead and is, in fact, his captain on an expedition to serve in the Seven Weeks' War.
The title character nearly wins the hand of the Countess Ida, defeating her suitor, the Chevalier De Magny, at cards. He is subject to the shocking revelation that Captain Quinn, whom he thought he had killed, is not dead and is, in fact, his captain on an expedition to serve in the Seven Weeks' War. After deserting to the side of the Prussians, he becomes a spy for Frederick the Great and finds his uncle masquerading as a nobleman. He returns to England, marries Lady Honoria, and attempts to reacquire his ancestral property, but her son, Lord Bullingdon, returns from the Americas and has this man put in Fleet Prison. For ten points, identify this picaresque novel by William Thackeray.
The title character nearly wins the hand of the Countess Ida, defeating her suitor, the Chevalier De Magny, at cards.
Barry Lyndon