Dogs of the National Trust

by Amy Feldman

The partner to 'Cats of the National Trust', this beautiful gift book tells the stories of the dogs associated with NT places. Many incredible dogs have lived at National Trust places – and still do. This book tells their stories, from faithful Gelert immortalised in stone at Beddgelert and the celebrated Spaniels bred at Clumber Park, to the tiny Pekingese inhabiting Ightham Mote’ s enormous stone-built kennel – originally built to house Dido the St Bernard. Discover the digs at the side of some of Britain’ s greatest figures, such as Churchill’ s Poodle Rufus, Agatha Christie’ s beloved ‘ dog in a thousand’ Peter and Thomas Hardy’ s tyrannical Terrier Wessex, who delighted his master but terrorised guests. Meet also the canine colleagues who live and work at National Trust properties today. Whether herding sheep, guarding historical homes or greeting guests, these faithful dogs have become an integral, beloved chapter in the stories of their adopted National Trust workplaces and homes.

128 pages, Hardcover

Published May 2, 2019

Reviews

[Alexandria (DaysPass)]

This was such a lovely, charming book. It's a great size to carry around for a read on the go and it's only just over 100 pages. The choice of pictures within this book are second to none and I absolutely loved the mix of historical puppers, and those you could possibly see today. The one fallback to this book I would see is the small mistakes that pulled me out of the book every now and again. That said, there really weren't that many, it's just a shame that these could've been solved with a good proof-read session. That said, I would recommend this book to any dog-lover. Hearing the stories of all these wonderful (and sometimes chaotic) dogs and their owners was incredibly heart-warming.

[Emily Watkins]

Lovely little book about dogs and their homes

[Georgie]

Its interesting to fact out facts about something thats not common to find in historical houses and estates. A great holiday/ travel book, and even for the coffee table after your journey.