Devereux (novel)

Devereux is an 1829 historical novel by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published in three volumes.

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.

[2] The novel 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.

[3]The story of a sibling rivalry between three brothers may have been influenced by Bulwer-Lytton's own upbringing.