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Walker-Meikle, Kathleen

 
9781908402981: The Cat Book: Cats of Historical Distinction (Old House)
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ISBN 10: 1908402989 ISBN 13: 9781908402981
Editorial: Old House Books, 2015

Sinopsis

Regal, elegant, affectionate, calculating, and of course utterly adorable, the cat has been part of our lives for millennia. The Cat Book pairs stunning historical illustrations with informative and amusing text in a tour of feline history from the earliest days of civilisation to the twenty-first century. Taking in the cat goddess of Ancient Egypt, where people shaved their eyebrows to mourn the death of a cat, the medieval Irish law that calculated a cat's value at three cows, Samuel Johnson's doting care for his oyster-loving cat Hodge, Oscar, the ship's cat that survived three shipwrecks in the Second World War, and the cats of famous people from Cardinal Richelieu to Edward Lear, this is the perfect gift for the cat lover - a guide to the role of cats in history and the people who have loved them.

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Kathleen Walker-Meikle is the author of Medieval Pets (Boydell and Brewer, 2012), Medieval Cats and Medieval Dogs (British Library, 2011 and 2013 respectively). She was awarded her PhD in History at University College London and is currently researching animals and medicine in the Middle Ages.

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Editorial
Old House Books
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1908402989
ISBN 13 
9781908402981
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Tapa dura
Número de páginas
144
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