'To Amaze the People with Pleasure and Delight": The horsemanship manuals of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

by Elaine Walker

William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle's passions included women, music, writing, theatre and, perhaps above all, the finest horses. He was a widely acknowledged expert in the art of the riding horse, and his works laid the foundation for classical dressage. Mastery in horsemanship was the mark of a graceful and accomplished gentleman in the European nobility of the seventeenth century. In the first comprehensive study of Newcastle's two horsemanship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933316720
• ISBN13: 9780933316720
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Xenophon Press LLC
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 8.5"