Cathedral Cats - Softcover

Surman, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006280714 ISBN 13: 9780006280712

Publisher: Zondervan, 1997

Synopsis

No cat lover will be able to resist Cathedral Cats. Photographer Richard Surman has visited more than twenty cathedrals throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and has identified a cat that is intimately associated with each of them. He has produced two gorgeous colour pictures of each cat in its typical habitat. These are accompanied by a pen portrait documenting the cat's life in the cathedral and its particular foibles and eccentricities. The book is full of humour and insight into the twilight world of the cat. Biggles, feline tyrant of Westminster Abbey, was born in a mining village and now hunts rats and other cats in the ancient cloisters. His daily promenade takes him right down the centre aisle of the Abbey, and he has been seen both asleep and sharpening his claws on the high altar. He hides in a dense Virginia creeper and surprises passers by, notably dogs and Japanese tourists. He was issued with an official warning by the Westminster police after he mauled a constable's trousers. Such is the stuff of Cathedral Cats.

About this title

Review:

'A beautiful coffee table book with superb photography of cats in some rather special surroundings, together with stories about each of their lovely characters.'
Your Cat Magazine

About the Author:

Richard Surman has worked as a professional photographer for twenty-seven years, travelling widely for advertising agencies, airlines, magazines and corporate clients. He is the author of numerous books, including Cathedral Cats and Cloister Cats, and he has contributed widely to gardening, horticulture and travel books.

Richard lives in London and Spain with his wife and two sons. His interests include music, art, history, architecture, horticulture and travel. He is an enthusiastic, if somewhat erratic jazz pianist, and a life long cat-lover.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0006280714
• ISBN 13: 9780006280712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Surman Richard