Downton Tabby is about England's oldest & finest family of cats. With beautiful (and scandalous) photographs & art, it tells the story of their lives & loves
- & their maids & butlers & cooks' lives & loves -- from the sinking of the Kitanic to the Jazz Age. Tolstoy's adage about each family being unhappy in their own way? What makes the Grimalkins different is they're cats. Posh, spoiled, stuck-up-but-charming, English cats. Whilst affectionately making fun of Downton Abbey a broader, more humorous point is made: We treat our cats like high society. Their servants are us. If you live with a cat, the butler, maid & cook is you. This is a book for fans of the show, & people who put up with fans of the show, & also for people who've ever caught themselves getting emotionally involved in their cat's social life, & whether or not some cold cuts would cheer her up. Why is this a book about Edwardian manor life, acted out by cats? The real question is why aren't there more?