Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses - Hardcover

Worsley, Lucy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571227031 ISBN 13: 9780571227037

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2007

Synopsis

William Cavendish was a gifted horseman, prolific womaniser and skilled diplomat. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in triumph on the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660. But this is not just the story of that one remarkable man and the courtly world of King Charles I and his Cavaliers. More than that, Lucy Worsley brings to life the complex and fascinating household hierarchies of the seventeenth-century, painting a picture of conspiracy, sexual intrigue, clandestine marriage and gossip. From Ben Jonson and Van Dyck to a savage, knife-wielding master-cook, Cavalier is a brilliant illumination of the stately home and all its many colourful inhabitants.

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Review:

Cavalier is one 'of my favourite September reads.' -- Sue Baker, Personal Choice, Publishing News

`Enthralling ... Worsley's powerful imagination focuses with great effect on the settings that she evokes with bright and telling detail'. -- Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times

`Every detail of Cavendish's universe comes to life ... fascinating'.
-- Publishers Weekly

`Marvellous ... a tour de force of the historic imagination, aligned to impeccable scholarship'. -- Sir Roy Strong

`Worsley's strength is her sense of period, and her ability to bring people to life.' -- Charles Spencer, Independent on Sunday

Book Description:

Step behind the scenes of a Stuart household in the most lavish, seductive and absorbing history book of the year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0571227031
• ISBN 13: 9780571227037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352