Through a study of horses, the book reveals how an important and growing aristocratic estate was managed, where the aristocrat at the centre of it - William Cav

A team of experts view the relationship between rulers and their leading subjects across Europe and further afield. If God-derived authority legitimized a monar

*Shortlisted for the 2022 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize* This book is the first, full-length scholarly examination of British women’s involvement in equestrian

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