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This could have been a wonderful book. But the author doesn't tell us anything interesting about the people or their pets. For instance, she tells us about Samuel Johnson's cat and tells us five or six times the it was a "very fine cat" but she doesn't show or tell us anything at all about the cat, doesn't mention any details that would have been interesting, simply tells us it was very fine and mentions that Johnson thought it was a fine cat. That's simply poor writing. The author doesn't understand how to interest the reader. Her stories are like dry mummies which she drags out and then says simply "This is a mummy."


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The Pug Who Bit Napoleon Animal Tales of the 18th and 19th Centuries Mimi Matthews 9781526705006 Books Reviews

The Pug Who Bit Napoleon is a collection of anecdotes and lore about animals and their humans in the 1700-1800's. Many of them encountered (or occasionally bit) famous people, were immortalized by poets or artists or otherwise found their ways into the annals of history.

The book has a chapter/story format with different animals separated into different categories. There are categories for dogs and cats of course, but also for farm animals, birds, rodents (and rabbits), reptiles and fish and a couple of stories about exotic animals (foxes) and a final weirdly endearing chapter about flea circuses of the Victorian era (odd and silly in about equal measures).

The book is lavishly illustrated with beautiful paintings and illustrations from the period. The stories themselves are well written and (mostly) historically sound, and when there are discrepancies, they're clearly noted. The book also includes a useful index and a sources list as well as a bibliography which provides a good resource list for further reading.

I enjoyed this book a lot and found the author's informal style both accessible and fun to read.

Stats The Pug Who Bit Napoleon; nimal Tales of the 18th&19th Centuries
192 pages, & Paperback format,
Anticipated pub. date 30 Nov, 2017
Author Mimi Matthews
Publisher Pen & Sword UK

Four stars

Disclosure I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.
This book is a collection of animal stories from the 1700s & 1800s. The author went back to the original sources of the stories (letters, newspaper and magazine articles, and poems) and included quotes from those sources. Many of the stories were about favorite pets owned by famous people. There were 9 dog stories (including stories about animals grieving the death of their person), 4 cat chapters (including information about the first cat show in England and pet funerals), a chapter each on horses, a pony, a donkey, a famous goat, a monkey and a parrot, two ravens, two military hens, an inspiring wild field mouse, pet rabbits, several shark sightings in the Thames, an "alligator" in the Thames, two foxes as pets (bad idea), and flea circuses. There were also pictures of the animal (in the case of famous pets) or of animals like the one described. The book is a quick, fun read. I'd recommend this enjoyable book to fans of animal stories.

I received a free ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.
Love the stories, loved the lavish, gorgeous illustrations. Perfect gift...but you'll want to have one yourself too!
Fascinating collection of historical anecdotes and observations, as much about our ongoing relationships to and impressions of pets and other creatures. Great gift for any animal lover, amateur historian, or reader of any age. Love love love!
This could have been a wonderful book. But the author doesn't tell us anything interesting about the people or their pets. For instance, she tells us about Samuel Johnson's cat and tells us five or six times the it was a "very fine cat" but she doesn't show or tell us anything at all about the cat, doesn't mention any details that would have been interesting, simply tells us it was very fine and mentions that Johnson thought it was a fine cat. That's simply poor writing. The author doesn't understand how to interest the reader. Her stories are like dry mummies which she drags out and then says simply "This is a mummy."