Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite, by Anthony Trollope, is a novel originally published in Macmillan's Magazine between May and December, 1870, and in novel form in 1871.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite
Emily and George Hotspur
AuthorAnthony Trollope
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publication date
1871
Media typePrint (Hardback)
ISBN0-19-282205-5 (paperback edition)

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.

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