The First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The following book revolves around the first Duke and Duchess of Newcastle, William Cavendish, and his wife Margaret Lucas Cavendish. The Duke was appointed Royalist Captain-General in Northern England during the First English Civil War and was known as a renowned horse breeder, as well as being a patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, and the intellectual group known as the Welbeck Circle. The Duchess, on the other hand, was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer, and playwright, well-known for her publication such as Poems and Fancies as well as Observations upon Experimental Philosophy.