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02410aam a2200289Ia 4500 001 BD40FFBA7E8911E893E09E1097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180703010845 008 180402s2017 enka 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781526705006 (softcover) 020 $a 1526705001 035 $a (OCoLC)1030158688 040 $a KSA $c KSA $d NZAUC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d IGA $d IA4 $d B@L $d IW5 $d SILO 050 4 $a QL791 $b .M38 2017 082 04 $a 591 $2 23 100 1 $a Matthews, Mimi, $e author. 245 10 $a Pug who bit Napoleon : $b animal tales of the 18th and 19th centuries / $c Mimi Matthews. 260 $a South Yorkshire : $b Pen & Sword Books, $c 2017. 300 $a ix, 180 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Dogs -- Cats -- Horses and farm animals -- Rabbits and rodents -- Strange and exotic pets. 520 $a "From elaborate Victorian cat funerals to a Regency era pony who took a ride in a hot air balloon, Mimi Matthews shares some of the quirkiest and most poignant animal tales of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 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 Bront , 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. Using research from eighteenth and nineteenth century books, letters, and newspapers, Mimi Matthews brings each animal's unique history to vivid life. The details are sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, but the stories are never anything less than fascinating reading for animal lovers of all ages"--Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Animals $v Anecdotes. 941 $a 2 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722055512.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180703024458.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BD40FFBA7E8911E893E09E1097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search