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<p> Starting with Pasha, Georgie Anne Geyer treats us to a delightful parade of regal cats that any diplomat would be pleased and honored to serve. <p> --Robert Oakley, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Somalia, and Zaire, and Phyllis Elliott Oakley, former director of Research and Intelligence, U.S. Department of State <p> Ms. Geyer's colorful history illuminates the noble cats of ages past and their progression to more egalitarian American felines. These old cats can't bark, but they can learn new tricks. <p> --Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, international scholar of strategy <p> Cats may look at kings, they say. But kings will certainly need to read Geyer's elegant, sleek, and purring book on cats. For cats are kings, she explains. A book for every cat lover and every king, especially those who have some doubts as to whether their own young human royals have quite upheld the fine standards of behavior that the royal cats of history bequeathed to us! <p> --Robert Lacey, author of Monach: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II and Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Codiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More <p> After fifty years of judging cats from man-made standards, it is difficult to look at a cat or kitten any more without faulting it--but in her book, Georgie Anne Geyer has made us appreciate and honor every cat and kitten and see the wondrous history of legend, suffering, and eventual triumph that has characterized all of their lives. <p> --Richard H. Gebhardt, international all-breed judge and former president of the Cat Fanciers' Association <p> Geyer's book on the Royal Cats is even better than Halle Berry's movie Catwoman. <p> --Esther Coopersmith, former U.S. representative to the United Nations <p> A fascinating trip into the cat world from one cool-cat writer. <p> --Paul Duke, veteran journalist and moderator of PBS's Washington Week in Review <p> Veteran foreign reporter Geyer brings her profiling skills to a more li

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