Court intrigue and a secret marriage lead to tragedy in the reign of Elizabeth I. Scott's dramatic Elizabethan romance.
Books mentioned in Kenilworth (13)
The Castle of Knowledge by Robert Recorde: “Here was a "BOKE OF COOKERY, IMPRINTED BY RICHARD LANT," and "SKELTON'S BOOKS"--"THE PASSTIME OF THE PEOPLE"--"THE CASTLE OF KNOWLEDGE," etc.”
The Pastyme of People by John Rastell: ““SKELTON'S BOOKS”--“THE PASSTIME OF THE PEOPLE”--“THE CASTLE OF KNOWLEDGE,” etc.”
A Boke of Cokery: “Here was a “BOKE OF COOKERY, IMPRINTED BY RICHARD LANT,” and “SKELTON'S BOOKS”--“THE PASSTIME OF THE PEOPLE”--“THE CASTLE OF KNOWLEDGE,” etc.”
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare: “CLOWN. You have of these pedlars, that have more in'em than you'd think, sister.--WINTER'S TALE, ACT IV., SCENE 3.”
The Shipwreck by William Falconer: “Now fare thee well, my master--if true service Be guerdon'd with hard looks, e'en cut the tow-line, And let our barks across the pathless flood Hold different courses--THE SHIPWRECK.”
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: “QUINCE. You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring. --MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.”
Richard II by William Shakespeare: “High-stomach'd are they both, and full of ire, In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire.--RICHARD II.”
Richard III by William Shakespeare: “RICHARD. A horse!--A horse!--my kingdom for a horse! CATESBY......My lord, I'll help you to a horse. --RICHARD III.”
The Alchemist by Ben Jonson: “Will come in time to be a great distiller, And give a say (I will not say directly, But very near) at the philosopher's stone. THE ALCHEMIST.”
Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare: “--thou hast given my nephew Philip Sidney, love-powder; he cannot sleep without thy Venus and Adonis under his pillow!”
Cumnor Hall by William Julius Mickle: “The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby.”
Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller: “The planets shoot good fortune in fair junctions, And tell thee, “Now's the time.” --SCHILLER'S WALLENSTEIN, BY COLERIDGE.”
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: “And pave it all of silver and of gold. --THE CANON'S YEOMAN'S PROLOGUE, CANTERBURY TALES.”
Books that mention Kenilworth (2)
The Virginian by Owen Wister: “He took out Sir Walter’s Kenilworth once more, and turned the volume over and over.”
Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes: “This is Wayland Smith's cave, a place of classic fame now; but as Sir Walter has touched it, I may as well let it alone, and refer you to "Kenilworth" for the legend.”