The Chronicles of Clovis: Tobermory, Mrs. Packletide's Tiger and Other Malices
Saki
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by Thomas Gainsborough, George Mears and John Brett. Clovis Sangrail is a young man with nothing to do and a talent for arranging other people's disasters — a hyena that joins a fox hunt, a tiger hunt got up for a lady's reputation, a cat given the power of speech and no discretion. Saki was raised by two tyrannical aunts and spent his career avenging himself on them in print; he was shot by a sniper on the Somme at forty-five, having refused a commission to stay in the ranks. Fifty-nine plates of tea parties, dinner parties, and portraits by painters including Henry Sargent and George Richmond run from 1745 to 1908, matching the drawing-room world Clovis cheerfully wrecks.
Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by Thomas Gainsborough, George Mears and John Brett. Clovis Sangrail is a young man with nothing to do and a talent for arranging other people's disasters — a hyena that joins a fox hunt, a tiger hunt got up for a lady's reputation, a cat given th...
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Saki (1870-1916) was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, a British writer born in Burma and raised by aunts in Devon. He was a foreign correspondent in the Balkans and Russia, wrote the sharpest short stories of the Edwardian era, and enlisted as a private at forty-three, refusing a commission. He was killed by a sniper on the Somme. His works include Reginald, The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts, and The Unbearable Bassington.
Saki (1870-1916) was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, a British writer born in Burma and raised by aunts in Devon. He was a foreign correspondent in the Balkans and Russia, wrote the sharpest short stories of the Edwardian era, and enlisted as a private at forty-three, refusing a commission. He...
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