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The Great Cat Massacre: (Record no. 9867)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781782197683
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 941
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rubin, Gareth
9 (RLIN) 388028
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Great Cat Massacre:
Remainder of title A History of Britain in 100 Mistakes
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. John Blake Publishing Ltd;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 278 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In 1914 a train pulled into a provincial British railway station. The porter, a curious chap, asked the regiment of soldiers where they were from. Ross-shire, one called down, but the porter heard Russia . And so began a rumour that led to Germany losing the First World War. Often the history we learn at school is only half the story. We hear of heroic deeds and visionary leaders, but we never hear about the people who turned up late for court and thereby changed the law, or who stood in the wrong queue at university and accidentally won a Nobel Prize. The Great Cat Massacre: A History of Britain in 100 Mistakes demonstrates that the nation is as much a product of error as design. Through chapters on religion, law, culture, war, science and politics, it reveals such things as how an edict from Pope Gregory IX helped spread the Black Death, how the sister of cricketer John Willes invented overarm bowling, and how, had a letter not been lost, Disraeli might never have become prime minister. This book is history told through human failings, schoolboy errors, bad luck and extraordinary consequences; a history of mishearing, misdiagnosis and misinterpretation a history that you won't find in the textbooks.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History
9 (RLIN) 388029
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
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Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type Public note
Withdrawn       Not For Loan Karachi Karachi History 07/09/2016   941 PKLC009092 30/06/2019 07/09/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Book Bazaar
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 07/09/2016   941 PKLC008636 07/09/2016 07/09/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17