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"Kenilworth" is a novel by Sir Walter Scott, Scotland's master of fiction, first published in 1821 and considered one of his finest historical novels.
With a cast of historical and created characters, including the Queen herself, Scott presents the sad history and tragic consequences of the secretive marriage of young Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester.
Set in Elizabethan England, the plot relates the disaster that follows an attempt by the earl of Leicester, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, to avoid the queen’s displeasure at his marriage. Telling no one that he has married Amy Robsart, he hides his new bride at the home of Richard Varney, whose patron he is. Edmund Tressilian, who had also courted Amy, mistakenly believes that Amy is Varney’s mistress and attempts to persuade her to return to her parental home. Tressilian then informs the queen that Varney has seduced Amy. To protect Leicester, Varney claims that Amy is his wife. The tangled web of lies and betrayals ultimately results in tragedy...
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance, Mystery and Thriller
Length21 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
22Chapter XXI.
2Chapter I.
23Chapter XXII.
3Chapter II.
24Chapter XXIII.
4Chapter III.
25Chapter XXIV.
5Chapter IV.
26Chapter XXV.
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6Chapter V.
27Chapter XXVI.
7Chapter VI.
28Chapter XXVII.
8Chapter VII.
29Chapter XXVIII.
9Chapter VIII.
30Chapter XXIX.
10Chapter IX.
31Chapter XXX.
11Chapter X.
32Chapter XXXI.
12Chapter XI.
33Chapter XXXII.
13Chapter XII.
34Chapter XXXIII.
14Chapter XIII.
35Chapter XXXIV.
15Chapter XIV.
36Chapter XXXV.
16Chapter XV,
37Chapter XXXVI.
17Chapter XVI.
38Chapter XXXVII.
18Chapter XVII.
39Chapter XXXVIII.
19Chapter XVIII.
40Chapter XXXIX.
20Chapter XIX.
41Chapter XL.
21Chapter XX.
42Chapter XLI.