Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673

by Douglas Grant

Book Overview

Margaret Cavendish was one of the most original, loveable and eccentric of women writers. Pepys called her "mad, ridiculous, and conceited" but when she paid her famous visit to London in 1667 he ran all over town to see her. And many of her other contemporaries were no less fascinated. Posterity has continued to feel the attraction; to her many admirers she has always been "the incomparable Princess," and Lamb enthusiastically praised her as "the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148759920X
• ISBN13: 9781487599201
• Release Date: December 1957
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher