The Pardon Refused (from Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth")

Octaves were dinner-parties held by Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., Professor of Surgery at University College, London, at his house 35 Wimpole Street, at which eight courses, accompani...

The death of Amy Dudley caused a scandal. Her husband, Robert Dudley, became suspected of having orchestrated his wife’s death. The interest in the fatal fate of Amy Robsart was r...

The scene is set in a narrow city street. A young man, Quentin Dunward, clad head to foot in armour and wearing a sword secured by a red sash, stands, legs apart, on the left. He l...