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Description edit
No historian's Queen Elizabeth was ever so perfectly a woman as the fictitious Elizabeth of Kenilworth ," wrote Thomas Hardy. Scott's magnificent novel recreates the drama and the strange mixture of assurance and profound unease of the age of Elizabeth through the story of Amy Robsart. A... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Richard Varney: Add a description of this character.
- Master Tressilian
- Michael Lambourne
- Wayland Smith
- Janet
- Blount
- Anthony Foster
- Amy Robsart
- Elizabeth
- Giles Gosling
- Mike Lambourne
- Master Varney
- Hugh Robsart
- Grace
- Dudley
- Walter
- Dickie
- Tony Foster
- Madam
- Tracy
- Lawrence
- Mary
- Will Badger
- Master Mumblazen
- Jack Hostler
- Alasco
- Burleigh
- Master Goldthred
- Hunsdon
- Warwick
- Edmund Tressilian
- Mortimer
- Master Foster
- Henry
- Demetrius
First Sentence edit
IT IS THE PRIVILEGE of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 7 of 19 in The Waverley Novels. (standard series)
Preceded by Ivanhoe, and followed by The Pirate.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sir Walter Scott (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Scotland
Publication Date: 1821
ISBN: N/A
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Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Scotland
Publication Date: 1821
ISBN: N/A
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- Dewey: 823.7
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( S ) › Scott, Sir Walter
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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