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About Cavalier

Step into the lavish, tumultuous world of seventeenth-century England with Lucy Worsley’s vivid portrait of William Cavendish, the First Duke of Newcastle. Renowned as the quintessential cavalier, Cavendish was an aristocrat, architect, poet, equestrian master, and royalist commander whose extraordinary existence mirrored the grandeur and violent upheaval of the Stuart age. Drawing on rich domestic archives, Worsley reconstructs the inner workings of Cavendish\'s legendary estates, Bolsover Castle and Welbeck Abbey, offering a breathtaking glimpse into aristocratic daily life, art, and courtly intrigue before and after the English Civil War. It is an evocative, intimate historical journey celebrating a forgotten master of spectacle.

• Book Title: Cavalier
• Author: Lucy Worsley
• Category: Autobiography
• Available Formats: PDF
• PDF Size: 5.9 MB
• File Size: 5.9 MB
• Language: English