Dm Literary Quiz 2023

[brainiac]

Have completed all except one:

In 'Doggy People:The Victorians Who Made The Modern Dog' it says that Queen Victoria owned how many dogs?  11, 53 or 640?

Can't find anything!

[Captain2]

Can't see a definitive number but this statement..

'Queen Victoria owned a variety of dogs including dachshunds, collies and pugs and there were up to about a hundred dogs housed in the royal kennels, which were situated in Windsor Great Park.'

really rules out alternatives 1 & 2, so it must be    ?

[elliemay1]

//The official webpage devoted to Queen Victoria’s diaries gives the names of more than 640 of her dogs, belonging to more than 30 different breeds, during the 63 years of the longest reign in the history of Britain.//

[elliemay1]

https://rcin.org.pl/Content/69523/WA248_83331_P-I-1269_babilas_o.pdf

[brainiac]

Thanks, both.  Blimey, I wonder if there was a Scooper of the Royal Poop

[Captain2]

Good find Elliemay.

[elliemay1]

Thanks Captain x