Cavalier, the story of a seventeenth century playboy (paperback title) or Cavalier: a Tale of Passion, Chivalry and Great Houses (hardback title), first published 2007, is a vivid portrait of a seventeenth-century nobleman, his household, and the dramatic decades surrounding the English Civil War. It tells the story of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, courageous and cultured, whose passions were architecture, horses and women. Above all, though, the book is about the great houses that Cavendish built. From Ben Jonson and Anthony van Dyck to long-forgotten servants, Cavalier recreates the cacophony, stink, ceremony and splendour of his stately homes and their inhabitants.

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