Kenilworth
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Set in Elizabethan England, Walter Scott's historical novel *Kenilworth* dramatizes the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to Amy Robsart against the backdrop of court intrigue and the Queen's favor. Readers interested in nineteenth-century historical fiction or Tudor-era subjects would find it of value.
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Kenilworth by Walter Scott: A Book NoteAn orientation to Scott's Elizabethan novel of a hidden marriage, a scheming courtier, and the great festivities at Kenilworth Castle.
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814–1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. He is also known for his narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He greatly influenced European and American literature.
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