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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 .
Based on European festival book models, [1] Gascoigne's pamphlet is an idealized version of the courtly revels occasioned to entertain the Queen during her stay at the castle from 9 July to 27 July. Wenceslas Hollar, Kenilworth Castle before Civil War , 1656
Kenilworth (/ ˈ k ɛ n ɪ l w ər θ / KEN-il-wərth) is a market town and civil parish in the Warwick District of Warwickshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Coventry and 5 miles (8 km) north of Warwick.
The Dictum of Kenilworth (Latin: Dictum de Kenilworth), issued on 31 October 1266, was a pronouncement designed to reconcile the rebels of the Second Barons' War with the royal government of England. After the baronial victory at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, Simon de Montfort took control of royal government, but at the Battle of Evesham the ...
Kenilworth: 1821: Berkshire and Warwickshire (England) 1575 The Pirate: 1822: Shetland and Orkney (Scotland) 1689 The Fortunes of Nigel: 1822: London and Greenwich (England) 1616–18 Peveril of the Peak: 1822: Derbyshire, the Isle of Man, and London: 1658–80 Quentin Durward: 1823: Tours and Péronne (France) Liège (Wallonia/Belgium) 1468 St ...
Baron Kenilworth, of Kenilworth in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the motor industry magnate Sir John Siddeley . His grandson, the third Baron, was an interior designer and the founder of John Siddeley International Ltd.
Kenilworth is an 1821 historical play by the British writer Alfred Bunn. [1] A melodrama, based on the novel of the same title by Walter Scott, it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 8 March 1821. [2] A separate adaptation of the novel by Thomas Dibdin appeared at the Surrey Theatre the same year. [3]
Kenilworth, based on the Sir Walter Scott novel, that aired on BBC; Kenilworth Castle, a structure around which Kenilworth (Warwickshire, England) was founded; Kenilworth Park Racetrack, a venue in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Kenilworth, Potts Point, a historic house in a suburb of Sydney, Australia; Kenilworth Road, a stadium in Luton, England