Kenilworth (novel)

Kenilworth
First edition title page.
AuthorSir Walter Scott
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWaverley Novels
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherArchibald Constable, John Ballantyne (Edinburgh); Hurst, Robinson and Co. (London)
Publication date
1821
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint
Pages392 (Edinburgh Edition, 1993)
Preceded byThe Abbot 
Followed byThe Pirate 

Kenilworth. A Romance is a historical romance novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels, first published on 13 January 1821. Set in 1575, it leads up to the elaborate reception of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle by the Earl of Leicester, who is complicit in the murder of his wife Amy Robsart at Cumnor.