The Fool Of Quality : Or, The History Of Henry, Earl Of Moreland (Complete In Two Volumes) Henry Brooke Literature

2 Volume Set - Half leather with marbled boards and edges. GOOD with light wear on covers. Volume one rear hinge is cracked but pages are secure. . . . . . . The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland (1765?70), a picaresque and sentimental novel by the Irish writer Henry Brooke, is the only one of his works which has enjoyed any great reputation.[1] The somewhat shapeless plot is an account of the doings of young Harry Clinton, who, rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father, is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Thus equipped to fight the evils of the world the innocent yet wise hero does his best to better the lot of the unfortunate Hammel Clement and his family, and other deserving cases, in the intervals between the author?s frequent philosophical digressions and commentaries on the action. -- Wikipedia