Mad Madge : Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, royalist, writer and romantic
Whitaker, Katie2003
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One of the first Englishwomen to make a living through her writing, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, known as Mad Madge, was a dazzling figure - brave, eccentric, loving, clever and energetic. Her colourful story is told against the background of the Civil War and the Restoration.
London : Chatto & Windus, 2003.
x, 436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Originally published: New York: Basic, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-423) and index.
9780701169299 (hbk)070116929X (hbk)
828.4'09
English
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