4 DECEMBER 1999, page 54

Famous Four-footed Favourites

Thomas Blaikie REIGNING CATS AND DOGS: A HISTORY OF PETS AT COURT SINCE THE RENAISSANCE by Katharine MacDonogh Fourth Estate, £15, pp. 304 T he present British monarchy is......

Huntin', Shootin' And Bletherin'

Vicki Woods SCATTERED SHOTS by Max Hastings Macmillan, £20, pp. 256 I swore I'd get through the whole of 1999 without having to type the noxious M-word about that......