{"product_id":"the-history-of-pompey-the-little-or-the-life-and-adventures-of-a-lap-dog-9780367111199","title":"The History of Pompey the Little: Or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Coventry Francis | Robert Adams Day\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1974, this volume of \u003cem\u003eThe History of Pompey the Little \u003c\/em\u003eincludes a critical introduction and a biographical sketch of the author based on new material from unpublished documents, together with explanatory notes for the novel's many classical and contemporary allusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Coventry's \u003cem\u003eThe History of Pompey the Little\u003c\/em\u003e was the talk of London in 1751; it continued to captivate readers throughout the century. Satirizing notable persons and events of its day, it startled the public by having as its 'hero' a Bologna lapdog, and created a new and popular form in English fiction - the 'spy'-novel with a non-human observer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47616226787479,"sku":"9780367111199","price":10332.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367111199.webp?v=1775111946","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-history-of-pompey-the-little-or-the-life-and-adventures-of-a-lap-dog-9780367111199","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}