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Author Whitaker, Katie, 1967-

Title Mad Madge : the extraordinary life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, the first woman to live by her pen / Katie Whitaker.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2002]
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 NEWCASTLE, MAR    Check Shelf
Description xv, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-406) and index.
Contents The Lucases of St. John's -- Childhood ambitions, 1623-1642 -- The coming of war, 1642 -- A lady at court, 1643-1645 -- The marquess and the queen, 1645 -- Parisian wife, 1646-1648 -- Dutch scholar, 1648-1651 -- Poet and petitioner, 1651-1653 -- Writer in exile, 1653-1655 -- Satirist and storyteller, 1655-1658 -- Restoration, 1658-1662 -- Revisions and controversies, 1663-1667 -- The talk of the town, 1667 -- Queen of philosophers, 1667-1673 -- Epilogue.
Subject Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
Authors, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
British -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
ISBN 046509161X
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