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: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618990009
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 after inspiring composer Guiseppi Verdi there, 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.