Bonzo's War by Clare Campbell - ISBN: 9781472106803
Paperback
Fascinating story of the plight of domestic pets and of zoo animals in wartime. An expertly researched account on a subject close to the nation’s heart: Cats and WW2.‘Filled with fascinating detail, this is a heavenly and most touching book. I was deeply moved.’ Jilly Cooper

Bonzo's War

Animals Under Fire 1939 -1945

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    6 March 2014

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Summary

What was it like to be a dog or cat when the world was at war? When food was rationed and cities were bombed? Pets (on the whole) do not write memoirs, so to find the answer to that question, Clare Campbell went in search of voices of those people whose lives were entwined with animals.

She found stories - inspiring and harrowing - of animals under fire, of evacuated and homeless pets, of brave animals who provided comfort to humans while the bombs fell. Of pets unwittingly entan…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472106803
ISBN-10:1472106806
Author:Clare Campbell
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:6 March 2014
Weight:340g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

Filled with fascinating detail, this is a heavenly and most touching book. I was deeply moved.

Bonzo’s War…is surely destined to remain the definitive work on this small yet fascinating subject. **** - Mail on Sunday

About The Author

Clare Campbell

Clare Campbell is an author and journalist. She writes regularly for the Daily Mail and contributes to Marie Claire. She is the author of out Out of It (2007) and Tokyo Hostess (2009). She recently ghosted the national bestseller Bringing Down The Krays (2012) by Bobby Teale. Her husband and co-author Christy Campbell is the former defence correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph. His latest book is Target London (2012).

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