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Kenilworth
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for Kenilworth
Paperback. 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. This story is a depiction of intrigue, power struggles and superstition in a bygone age. Editor(s): Alexander, J. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations map, plan. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
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 manservant Varney has sinister designs on Amy, and enlists an alchemist to help him further his evil ambitions. Brilliantly recreating the splendour and pageantry of Elizabethan England, with Shakespeare, Walter Ralegh and Elizabeth herself among its characters, Kenilworth ... Read more
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 manservant Varney has sinister designs on Amy, and enlists an alchemist to help him further his evil ambitions. Brilliantly recreating the splendour and pageantry of Elizabethan England, with Shakespeare, Walter Ralegh and Elizabeth herself among its characters, Kenilworth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140436549
SKU
V9780140436549
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Ref
99-98
About Sir 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 Unversity of Aberdeen and has published critical studies of Walter Scott's poetry. For the Edinburgh ... Read more
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