Kenilworth by Walter Scott - ISBN: 9780140436549
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Secret marriage, royal intrigue, and deadly ambition in Elizabethan England.

Kenilworth

A Romance

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  • Paperback

    528 pages

  • Release Date

    27 April 2006

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Summary

Part of the series of Waverley Novels published by Penguin based on the acclaimed scholarship of the Edinburgh Editions.

In the court of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is favoured above all the noblemen of England. It is rumoured that the Queen may chose him for her husband, but Leicester has secretly married the beautiful Amy Robsart. Fearing ruin if this were known, he keeps his lovely young wife a virtual prisoner in an old country house. Meanwhile Leicester’s manse…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140436549
ISBN-10:0140436545
Author:Walter Scott, J. Alexander
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:528
Edition:1st
Release Date:27 April 2006
Weight:360g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 25mm
Series:Penguin Classics
About The Author

Walter Scott

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was an extremely influential novelist, establishing the form of the historical novel and the short story. He wrote both dramas and novels, including The Antiquary and The Tale of Old Mortality.

J. H. Alexander is currently Reader in English at the University of Aberdeen and has published critical studies of Walter Scott’s poetry. For the Edinburgh edition of the Waverley novels he has also edited The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of the Wars of Montrose.

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