The Pug Who Bit Napoleon: Animal Tales of the 18th & 19th Centuries [Original retail ed.] 1526705001, 978-1526705006

From elaborate Victorian cat funerals to a Regency era pony who took a ride in a hot air balloon, Mimi Matthews shares s

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The Pug Who Bit Napoleon: Animal Tales of the 18th & 19th Centuries [Original retail ed.]
1526705001, 978-1526705006

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"There are many other heartwarming or quirky stories in this wide-ranging book, and every reader is sure to find some surprises here. They will also find the author’s own sympathetic and sometimes humorous reflections...Those who buy it as a Christmas gift may feel quite unable to part with it!" -The Victorian Web

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A new framework for examining the relationship between individual and cultural trauma, literary texts and common law Per

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The dressmaking trade developed rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, changing the lives of thousands of British w

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The plays presented here were first performed between 1769 and 1832, a time when the Japanese puppet theatre known as Bu

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