The History of Henry Esmond · Character

King James II

King James II is a character in The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray.

minor

Also known as King James, the unfortunate King James, James the Third

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The deposed Catholic king whose restoration is plotted by Jacobites.