Kings Langley - Mentions in Literature

Mentions in Literature

  • William Shakespeare's Richard II, Act IV, Scene I (1595 ) is set in the garden of the palace at Langley.
  • Emily Sarah Holt's novel The White Rose of Langley (1875) has many scenes in the palace. (Download available at Project Gutenberg)
  • In the 2010 book Beautiful Darkness the character Olivia Durand is from Kings Langley.

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