Kenilworth vs The Dragon and the Raven: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Kenilworth Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.7 474 pages · ≈ 8 h 47 m · Challenging

xlvi, 467p. ; 20cm

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1 film adaptation
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Cover of The Dragon and the Raven The Dragon and the Raven G. A. Henty · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.9 216 pages · ≈ 4 h 00 m · Challenging
“A low hut built of turf roughly thatched with rushes and standing on the highest spot of some slightly raised ground.”

For many years England was assailed by Danish hordes whose barbarians reduced the Saxons to pitiable legions of disconnected and ravished communities. In the later 800's A.D. a man named Alfred emerged from the darkened…

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KenilworthThe Dragon and the Raven
Goodreads 3.7 (817) 3.9 (1448)
Hardcover 3.5 (2) —

Reception

KenilworthThe Dragon and the Raven
Ratings 817 1448
Editions 256 373
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 1599 957
Reading it now 44 175
Written reviews 88 131
Wikipedia attention 1196 —
Pages 474 216

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