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Elaine Walker

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

Buch

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 manuals dating from 1658 and 1667, Dr. Elaine Walker explores the insights they offer into riding practice, personal philosophy and motivation. Newcastle's writing has surprising relevance to… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Edwards, Peter (Solist) / Williams, Richard (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-933316-72-0
  • EAN: 9780933316720
  • Produktnummer: 18860873
  • Verlag: Xenophon Pr Llc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 212 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B21.6 cm x D1.1 cm 422 g
  • Gewicht: 422

Über den Autor


Elaine Walker is a writer and consultant on the horse in cultural history. Her books include Horse (Reaktion), which was chosen for translation into Arabic by the Kalima Project. To Amaze the People with Pleasure and Delight: The Horsemanship Manuals of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, (Xenophon) began life as her PhD thesis and she has given several presentations on Newcastle's method in his riding house at Bolsover Castle. She has worked on projects for the Royal Historic Palaces Commission, the Royal Armouries, English Heritage, and Royal Mail, among others. She is currently working on a new book on the horses of the inland waterways, In Search of the Boat Horse, forthcoming in 2020.

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