Top Dogs: A British Love Affair

Winner of the Barker Book Awards Classic Read!

• Foreword by Her Majesty The Queen Consort when Duchess of Cornwall
• A portion of sales goes to the charity Medical Detection Dogs
• Thirty-two interviews with famous, creative and hyper-successful people
• Stunning portrait and interiors photography; a glimpse into the very private lives of these owners and their dogs

This book celebrates the special relationship between beloved British dogs and their devoted owners. Architects, fashion designers, florists, entrepreneurs - these and the other famous, creative and hyper-successful people have one thing in common when it comes to their canines: the strength of the bond between human and four-legged friend. This makes for tales of companionship that will be sure to uplift your spirits and make the heart sing.

Exuberantly photographed by Dylan Thomas, with interviews by Georgina Montagu, Top Dogs is a joyous read and lustrous eye-candy for dog lovers. From Jacobean manor to Cumbrian hill farm, and circus wagon to royal residence, the lucky hounds who are showcased in this sumptuous volume occupy some of the loveliest homes in the country.

Georgina Montagu has written this book to combine three of her favorite things: dogs, people, and interiors. Purely a Standard Poodle person, she has had two: Albert, the therapy dog at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and Rollo, a former show dog. Georgina has lived and worked all over the world from the cities of London, Tokyo, Paris and San Francisco to the desert and mountain wilderness of the American southwest and - appropriately for a dog-lover - the Labrador coast, where the sea is frozen for five months of the year. She has worked for The Sunday Times Magazine and The World of Interiors as well as for several Japanese art, architectural and fashion magazines. She has two daughters, Willa and Freya, and currently lives in London.