Subgenre: brutality & cruelty, degradation, pride, deception, greed, ambition - Subgenre: espionage - Subgenre: gambling - Subgenre: English, Irish - Subgenre: lust, marriages of convenience - Subgenre: alcoholism - Subgenre: innocence & experience, loyalty & betrayal, dominance & submission - Subgenre: dueling - Subgenre: social climbers, upstarts, & parvenus, aristocrats, antiheroes, cads & rakes - Subgenre: murder, blackmail - Subgenre: inheritance, debts - Subgenre: French & Indian (Seven Years) War, mercenaries, army, other countries - Subgenre: stepfathers, poor relations, uncles - Subgenre: historical fiction, picaresque - Subgenre: manors & estates, royal courts, debtors' prisons, poor houses, workhouses, high society - Format: Paperback - Author: William Makepeace Thackeray