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Book of Cats: Literary, Legendary and Historical
Dorothy Margaret Stuart
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Description for Book of Cats: Literary, Legendary and Historical
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
Dorothy Stuart approaches her subject along four main roads: archaeology, history, legend and literature. The cat emerges by turns as a goddess, an enigma, a playmate and a friend. 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 defense John Keats had a standup fight with a brutal butcher-boy of Hampstead; the delinquent who at dead ... Read more
Dorothy Stuart approaches her subject along four main roads: archaeology, history, legend and literature. The cat emerges by turns as a goddess, an enigma, a playmate and a friend. 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 defense John Keats had a standup fight with a brutal butcher-boy of Hampstead; the delinquent who at dead ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781554906
SKU
V9781781554906
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About Dorothy Margaret Stuart
Dorothy Margaret Stuart, (1889-1963) was a poet and writer of great ability. Her works include literary and historical biographies, historical non-fiction particularly concentrating on the lives of women and children, and history stories for children. She was a member of the English Association from 1930 onwards, edited its newsletter and contributed essays and book reviews to its journal, English.
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