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Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times
`Enthralling ... Worsley's powerful imagination focuses with great effect on the settings that she evokes with bright and telling detail'.
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`Worsley's strength is her sense of period, and her ability to bring people to life.'
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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A Vivid Evocation of Place, Time, and, Personality,
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This review is from: Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses (Hardcover)
Having just visited Bolsover Castle,(A wonderfully evocative place with a superb guide book written by Lucy Worsley.) I was very keen to read Ms Worsley's book. Having been captivated by the castle, I wanted to know much more about the man, William Cavendish, grandson of Bess of Hardwick, who created, and lived at this astonishingly beautiful and romantic place.
Ms Worsley has written a brilliant biography of not just the man, but of the houses he inhabited with his household, and of his trials and tribulations. Ms Worsley manages to bring William Cavendish vividly to life with frequent quotations from his letters and poetry.(Is there a book of his poetry?)As if this was not enough Ms Worsley also manages to inform and educate about the period, which is at times amusing and at ohers sad. I smiled, I laughed, I even shed a tear. One review I read said "The intriguing personality of the man.......glimmers, flickers-but never quite glows into life." For me William Cavendish did not glimmer, flicker,or glow he positively burned brightly. For anyone interested in the Cavendish dynasty or history. I commend Ms Worsley's book whole heartedly. I would be astonished if you were disappointed.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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A new type of architectural history,
This review is from: Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses (Hardcover)
I thought that this book was absolutely fantastic. It must be very hard to bring architecture to life in words but Ms Worsley does this brilliantly.
The approach of taking a few days in Cavendish's life and structuring the book around this is so much better than a boring and traditional chronology of events. Ms Worsley seems to be one of a new generation of historians who understands peoples real lives- I look foward to reading her next book!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A gripping read!,
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This review is from: Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses (Paperback)
Even if you're not a historian you'll enjoy this book. And if you are a historian, you'll appreciate the detailed research that underpins it. The story, the lively writing style and the crazy cast of real characters just won't let you go. Bolsover Castle is certainly the place to visit after reading the book - think of it as the original party palace! I've just bought the paperback after reading the hardback in the library. More please Lucy Worsley!
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