| Devereux | |
| Author: | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Historical drama |
| Publisher: | Henry Colburn |
| Release Date: | 1829 |
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Devereux is an 1829 historical novel by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published in three volumes. It takes place during the reign of Queen Anne and partly revolves around a secret Jacobite plot to place the pretender James Stuart on the throne. He earned £1,500 for the novel from his publisher Henry Colburn, trebling his earnings from the successful silver fork novel Pelham of the previous year.[1] He dedicated it to his friend the Canadian traveller and writer John Auldjo, then living in Naples. The story of a sibling rivalry between three brothers may have been influenced by Bulwer-Lytton's own upbringing.[2]