โ Iva Polansky
๐ Fiction
๐
2019
๐ English
โ 5 MB
๐ 1 views
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The pug who bit napoleon: animal tales of the 18th and 19th centuries
โ Scribed by Mimi Matthews
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books
- Year
- 2017;2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 152670501X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
From Victorian cat funerals to a Regency-era pony who took a ride in a hot air balloon, a collection of history's quirkiest --and most poignant--animal tales.
Meet Fortune, the Pug who bit Napoleon on his wedding night, and Looty, the Pekingese sleeve dog who was presented to Queen Victoria after the 1860 sacking of the Summer Palace in Peking. The four-legged friends of Lord Byron, Emily Bronte, and Prince Albert also make an appearance, as do the treasured pets of Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Charles Dickens.
Less famous, but no less fascinating, are the animals that were the subject of historical lawsuits, scandals, and public curiosity. There's Tuppy, the purloined pet donkey; Biddy, the regimental chicken; and Barnaby and Burgho, the bloodhounds hired to hunt Jack the Ripper. Wild animals also get a mention in tales that encompass everything from field mice and foxes to alligators and sharks lurking in the Thames.
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