Georgie Anne Geyer (1935–2019)

What an enchanting book. Not only do you get Anne Geyer follow the path of cats from Egypt to America, from ancient civilization, to modern day era, she does this with the grace and dignity that her cats demand of her. The author is definitely an eccentric. She writes with a whimsy that you are never quite sure that she seriously believes that her cats are royal (...it was a crazy dream of finding a royal cat, albeit one of recent and suspicious lineage...) or if she is just telling a good story. I suspect a little of both. You are not going to find the complete history of the cat in this book. But you will find glimpses of a cats path throughout history told with a focus on Egypt, Burma, and Japan. At the end of the book, you get a brief description of cat breeds and the history.

Its a light read, and Anne Geyer manages to convey her love of cats. My only complaint is that she does gloss over some of the more modern history such as the British Shorthair was crossed with a Persian to make it more glamorous, and that she approves of the creation of new breeds of cat, the designer breeds, that are specifically created for a certain look.… (plus d'informations)