The famous Nini
Subtitle: the mostly true story of a plain white cat who became a star
By: by Mary Nethery ; illustrated by John Manders.
Contributors: Manders, John, ill.
Publisher: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618977697
Subjects: Verdi, Giuseppe, -- 1813-1901 -- Fiction; Fame -- Fiction; Cats -- Fiction; Coffee shops -- Fiction; Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1866- -- Fiction; Italy -- History -- 1870-1914 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: In Venice, Italy, in the 1890s, a stray cat draws attention to a coffee shop in which he inspired composer Guiseppi Verdi, and as the feline's fame grows, the shop's owner entertains royalty, the Pope, and many others. Includes historical notes about the real Nini and his visitors.