A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs - Couverture rigide

Conradi, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1780724047 ISBN 13 : 9781780724041

Editeur : Short Books, 2019

Synopsis

Tin Tin's Snowy, Odysseus's Argos, Darwin's Polly, Mary Queen of Scots's 22 lap-dogs, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Flush... Behind every great man or woman is a dog.

A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs is a rich compendium of the world's most significant and beloved dogs. Embracing the intriguing and the provocative, the essential and the trivial, Peter J. Conradi forays into history, literature and personal anecdotes to unearth a treasure trove of canine characters.
Discover the stories behind Karl Marx's and his daughter's Dogberry Club; the lapdogs who were secreted in first-class cabins on the Titanic and how they survived; Edinburgh's Greyfriars Bobby who stayed by his master's grave for 14 years; and the one undisputed fact about Shakespeare - his singular dislike for dogs.
A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs is a wonderful and witty homage to man's most faithful friend.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter J. Conradi is the author of many books, including Iris Murdoch: A Life, the critically lauded biography of Iris Murdoch, and more recently of Going Buddhist (Short Books) and At the Bright Hem of God: Radnorshire Pastoral.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Short Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780724047
• ISBN 13: 9781780724041
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible