Talk:All the Brothers Were Valiant (novel)

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Source of title[edit]

I'm presuming it came from Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's epitaph in Westminster Abbey, which was quoted by Joseph Addison.

Her name was Margaret Lucas youngest daughter of Lord Lucas, earl of Colchester, a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous.

-- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:25, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! As you found, the title is derived from an epitaph written/sponsored by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1593-1676) to his wife Margaret inscribed at Westminster Abby. Cavendish was involved in the English Civil War as a Royalist. After commanding and loosing a major battle he fled England and went into exile. He had a younger brother Charles Cavendish (Nottingham MP) described as a "little, weak and crooked man". As for Margaret, she had three brothers: Charles Lucas, one of the best Civil War Cavalier cavalry commanders, was executed by the Parliamentarians for treason in the Second English Civil War. John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield was imprisoned by Parliamentarian forces early in the First English Civil War, but escaped and fought for the king. Thomas Lucas (Royalist) suffered a severe head wound at the Battle of New Ross on 18 March 1643, an injury his sister later suggested contributed to his death in 1649. There were also five sisters in the Lucas clan. The family were Royalists in a county dominated by Parliamentarians. -- GreenC 02:43, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]