Did you know that Byron, upon discovering that dogs were not allowed in rooms at Cambridge, brought a pet bear instead? That Sir Isaac Newton reputedly invented the cat flap? Or that as a baby, Oliver Cromwell was kidnapped by his family's pet monkey and dragged up to the top of the roof? That on Napoleon's wedding night, Josephine's dog Fortune bit him in the bed thinking he was attacking his mistress? Or that Casanova taught his parrot to shout obscenities against a former mistress and then sold it to a market trader to embarrass her? That Freud's dog Jo-Fi would sit in on analyses and contribute to the doctor's findings? Throughout history many of our most famous and celebrated figures - great leaders, writers, artist, scientists and pioneers - have, behind closed doors, doted on and marvelled at their pets and their curious ways in the same way as the rest of us. Apart from making amusing stories in themselves, these tales often shed a uniquely personal and intriguing light on the private lives of some of the greatest pet-owning personalities in history from Alexander the Great to Beatrix Potter.

Casanova's Parrot

Literature & Fiction

Mark Bryant

Short Stories & Anthologies

Ebury & Vermilion

Church Cat The: Paperback (Past Times Edition) Clerical Cats in Stories & Verse

Hodder & Stoughton Religious Division

The cartoon has a special place in the history of World War II, and the power of its message was felt by all sides of the conflict. Acclaimed cartoon historian Dr Mark Bryant has amassed a marvelous collection of images in color and black and white, some famous, others not so – from, amongst others, British, French, American, Italian, German, Soviet and Japanese sources – which now appear in paperback form for the first time.

World war II in cartoons

History

Military

WORLD WAR II IN CARTOONS

Brompton

The World's Greatest Marriage Cartoons

Exley Publications Ltd

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Books by Mark Bryant