A Book of Cats: Literary, Legendary and Historical

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Pets, Cats, Home & Garden, Nature
Cover of the book A Book of Cats: Literary, Legendary and Historical by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton, Fonthill Media
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton ISBN: 1230001343144
Publisher: Fonthill Media Publication: September 11, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
ISBN: 1230001343144
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Publication: September 11, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

The cat a goddess, an enigma, a playmate and a friend. Dorothy M. Stuart approaches her subject along four main roads: archaeology, history, legend and literature. The Ancient Egyptian Mau is here; the enchanted cats of Irish legend; the Gib of Gammer Gurton s Needle. Hodge and Selima, Jeffry and Dinah refused to be left out; but there are less familiar examples, too: the cat which voluntarily shared the Earl of Southampton s captivity in the Tower; the kitten in whose defence John Keats had a stand up fight with a brutal butcher-boy of Hampstead; the delinquent who at dead of night gnawed the strings of her master s lute. Graymalkin, the witches familiar, comes into the picture; and we catch fascinating glimpses of two furry sympathizers licking the tears from Florence Nightingale s cheeks, and of Cardinal Richelieu solemnly adding something on behalf of a cat and her kittens to the modest pension assigned by His Eminence to Mademoiselle Marie de Gournay, Montaigne s polished female friend . Dorothy M. Stuart is better known for her elegant and polished biographies, but in this short book we see a lighter side of her pen in an appreciation of feline company.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The cat a goddess, an enigma, a playmate and a friend. Dorothy M. Stuart approaches her subject along four main roads: archaeology, history, legend and literature. The Ancient Egyptian Mau is here; the enchanted cats of Irish legend; the Gib of Gammer Gurton s Needle. Hodge and Selima, Jeffry and Dinah refused to be left out; but there are less familiar examples, too: the cat which voluntarily shared the Earl of Southampton s captivity in the Tower; the kitten in whose defence John Keats had a stand up fight with a brutal butcher-boy of Hampstead; the delinquent who at dead of night gnawed the strings of her master s lute. Graymalkin, the witches familiar, comes into the picture; and we catch fascinating glimpses of two furry sympathizers licking the tears from Florence Nightingale s cheeks, and of Cardinal Richelieu solemnly adding something on behalf of a cat and her kittens to the modest pension assigned by His Eminence to Mademoiselle Marie de Gournay, Montaigne s polished female friend . Dorothy M. Stuart is better known for her elegant and polished biographies, but in this short book we see a lighter side of her pen in an appreciation of feline company.

More books from Fonthill Media

Cover of the book The Lion and the Rose by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book German Self-Propelled Artillery Guns of the Second World War by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book 249 at Malta by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book The Haunted Reader and Sylvia Plath by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Voices of Colditz by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Coastal Patrol by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Queen Victoria and the European Empires by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Jane Austen: Love is Like a Rose by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Tornado F3 by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Umberto Nobile And the Arctic Search for the Airship Italia by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Winston Churchill by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Hypatia by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book Feldpost: The War Letters of Friedrich Reiner Niemann by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book My Target Was Leningrad by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
Cover of the book The Earls of Essex by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Alan Sutton
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy