Set in Elizabethan England, the mystery it raises is based on actual history; however, it is not known whether  Varney is really responsible for the heroine's death.
Set in Elizabethan England, the mystery it raises is based on actual history; however, it is not known whether  Varney is really responsible for the heroine's death. The novel, with such colorful characters as Sir Walter Raleigh  and the mysterious Tresillian, involves the unhappy covert marriage of the beautiful Amy Robsart to Robert  Dudley, the earl of Leicester who entertains ambitions of becoming the queen's consort. FTP identify this  Waverley novel of Sir Walter Scott which takes its title from the name of a magnificent castle near Stratford.
Set in Elizabethan England, the mystery it raises is based on actual history; however, it is not known whether  Varney is really responsible for the heroine's death.
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