Description
Book SynopsisThis compelling book from Mark Stoyle sets out to uncover the true history of Boy, the canine companion of Charles I’s famous nephew, Prince Rupert.
Trade ReviewA cross-over book, appealing as it should to those who are obsessed by witchcraft and those who are keen followers of civil war studies
Martyn Bennett, Nottingham Trent UniversityTable of Contents
- Chronology
- Introduction
- 1: Boy and the Historians
- 2: ‘The Prince and the Poodle’: Before The Civil War
- 3: ‘Dutchland Devil’: The Prince and The Pamphleteers, August to December 1642
- 4: ‘Lapland Lady’: The Poodle and The Pamphleteers, January to February 1643
- 5: ‘Imagining Boy’: The Roots of the Myth
- 6: ‘Occult Celebrity’: Boy in the Public Eye, February to August 1643
- 7: ‘A Dog’s Elegy’: From Newbury to Marston Moor, September 1643 to July 1644
- 8: ‘A Dog’s Legacy’: After Marston Moor
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Observations upon Prince Rupert’s White Dog Called Boy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
