For the historical Count Robert of Paris, see Robert I of France.
Count Robert of Paris
Author
Sir Walter Scott
Country
Scotland
Language
English
Series
Tales of My Landlord (4th series); Waverley Novels
Genre
Historical novel
Publisher
Robert Cadell (Edinburgh); Whittaker and Co. (London)
Publication date
1832 (1 December 1831)
Media type
Print
Pages
365 (Edinburgh Edition, 2006)
Followed by
The Betrothed
Count Robert of Paris (1832) was the second-last of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. It is part of Tales of My Landlord, 4th series, along with Castle Dangerous. The novel is set in Constantinople at the end of the 11th century, during the build-up of the First Crusade and centres on the relationship between the various crusading forces and the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus.
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