A cat's-eye view of history! Discover secrets, stories and facts about history’smost fascinating felines! Young historians may never lookat the past - or cats! - in quite the same way again.Cats have prowled Earth for millennia, yet the historyof the world has always been told through the eyes of humans.But now it's time to - finally! - set the record straight and uncoverthe key role that cats have played in shaping the course ofhistory.Did you know that ancient Egyptians loved cats so much that theyhad special laws to protect them? Or that Isaac Newton's cat helpedhim develop the theory of gravity? How about that Féliette,a French street cat, was the first cat to go into space in1963? A History of the World (According to Cats!) introducesus to fur-raising facts and adventures from around
… read more...the worldand across the centuries. Discover unknown stories aboutreal-life felines, including WWII heroes, courageousadventurers and even an astrocat that travelled in space (and madeit back to Earth to tell the tale), this book places catsas the heroes of their own stories.Full of real-life stories, with all the boring stuff left out,this book takes a look at the world's history through felineeyes.Read More read less...