Walter Scott

Kenilworth

Historical novel of intrigue and romance at the court of Elizabeth I

About the author

Walter Scott
Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott invented the historical novel as a major literary form with Waverley, creating a template for serious historical fiction that influenced novelists from Dickens to Tolstoy. His Scottish Highland romances created the romantic image of Scotland that persists to this day. He was the most popular novelist in the world during his lifetime.

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