Flight from Famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada

McClelland & Stewart, 1991. Soft cover. As New. Good Used Condition For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos Popular History At Its Best, This Fine Book Tells The Moving Story Of The Mass Migration That Brought A Million Irish Men And Women To Canada In The First Half Of The 19Th Century. William Cavendish Embodied The Popular Image Of A Cavalier. He Was Both Courageous And Cultured. His Passions Were Architecture, Horses, And Women. And, Along With The Whole Courtly World Of King Charles I And His Cavaliers, He Was Doomed To Failure. Cavendish Was A Master Of "Manege" (The Art Of Teaching Horses To Dance) And Obsessed With Building Beautiful Houses In The Latest Style. He Taught Charles I's Son To Ride, And Was The General Of The King's Army In The North During The Civil War. Famously Defeated At The Battle Of Marston Moor In 1644, He Went Into A Long Continental Exile Before Returning To England In Triumph On The Restoration Of King Charles Ii To The Throne In 1660. This Is The Story Of One Remarkable Man, But It Is Also A Rich Evocation Of What Sustained Him--His Extraordinary Household. Lucy Worsley Brings To Life The Complex And Fascinating Hierarchies Among The Inhabitants Of The Great Houses Of The Seventeenth-Century, Painting A Picture Of Conspiracy, Sexual Intrigue, Clandestine Marriage, And Gossip. From Ben Jonson And Anthony Van Dyck To Long-Forgotten Servants, "Cavalier" Is A Brilliant Illumination Of The Stately Home And Its Inhabitants. The Household's Cacophony And Stink As Well As Its Ceremony And Splendor Come To Life.