Kenilworth (The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels) - Hardcover

Scott, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748604375 ISBN 13: 9780748604371

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 1993

Synopsis

In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Only two of his novels end tragically - Kenilworth ends with the death of Amy Robsart, who unwisely loved Queen Elizabeth's favourite, the Earl of Leicester.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J. H. ALEXANDER
-- Based on the acclaimed Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
-- The first authoritative edition drawn from Scott's original texts
-- With a special introduction for the Penguin Classic edition

'No historian's Queen Elizabeth was ever so perfectly a woman as the fictitious Elizabeth of Kenilworth, ' wrote Thomas Hardy. Scott's magnificent novel re-creates the drama, and the strange mixture of assurance and profound unease of the Age of Elizabeth through the story of Amy Robsart. A woman of great beauty and integrity, Amy is married to the Earl of Leicester, one of the Queen's favourites, who must keep Amy confined to Cumnor Place and the marriage a secret, or incur royal displeasure.

Rich in character, melodrama and romance, Kenilworth (1821) is rivalled only by the great Elizabethan dramas. Scott amply justified V. S. Pritchett's accolade: 'the single Shakespearean talent of the English novel'.

About the Author:

J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0748604375
• ISBN 13: 9780748604371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 542
• Editor: Alexander J. H.