Nine Lives

[whiskeryron]

I read a book called Nine Lives a while ago & I am trying to find who wrote it. It's a tale about the 9 lives of a cat through the ages as he lives each different life from Roman times when he comes to Britain with his owner a Roman Centurion & then through his lives right up to the present day.If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

[boxtops]

is it one of these? https://www.amazon.co...ywords=nine+lives+cat

[whiskeryron]

Thanks bt, no I have already checked Amazon & Google & got nowhere.

[boxtops]

Do you remember the name of the cat, perhaps that would help?

[whiskeryron]

Because the cat had 9 seperate lives he had 9 different names. That was the beauty of this particular piece of fiction, because every new life he was the same spirit in a different cat living a new life until the 9th life he attained nirvana.You'd love it,I think we lent it to someone ages ago & unfortunately we've forgotten who. If it turns up I'll let you know. Ron.

[boxtops]

I probably would, ron - keep looking! I've just read Dewey, about a kitten in the US who lived in a library (sad but very happy-making too) - have you seen that one?

[woofgang]

Go to the abebooks website and try on their booksleuth form

[whiskeryron]

Cheers woofy I'll try that when I get time. Ron.

[beckyboo]

Is it one of these?

http://www.fantasticf...k&keywords=nine+lives

[whiskeryron]

Thanks becky but no. Ron.

[Buenchico]

Are you sure about the title, Ron? It sounds remarkably like this:
http://photo.goodread...08472778l/3183103.jpg
which is available cheaply from here:
http://tinyurl.com/25zgfen

Chris

[wolf63]

Is this the book?

http://www.amazon.co....qid=1290363381&sr=8-1

Susan

[whiskeryron]

Thanks again for so many answers & for your research, sorry to say none of them are the one I am after ( this is proving quite difficult but please continue looking). Ron.

[Buenchico]

Ron:
Some books are published with different covers (and even, occasionally, with a change in the title). If you read the review on Wolf63's link it suggests that it might actually be the correct book (but just with a different cover).

Alternatively, was it this?
http://www.alibris.co...4690532&qsort=&page=1

For a list of all 152 titles with the words 'Nine Lives' in the British Library catalogue, see here:
http://tinyurl.com/2a7mhr8


Chris

[whiskeryron]

Hi Chris,sorry to be a pain your help is greatly appreciated,however your ref to Alibris does not give me the opportunity to see a synopsis of storyline & without that I am fishing in the dark (as you are aware there are so many books with the title Nine Lives) When I open the link to British Library which would appear to be my best option I am faced with the question what is your library card number ? & as I have never visited the site before I cannot move on as there does not appear to be an option to join, aghhhh. Ron.

[Buenchico]

Oops! Sorry about the duff link.

Start here:
http://catalogue.bl.u...le_name=login-bl-list

Click 'Search the Integrated Catalogue'
Enter 'nine lives' into the search field.
Set the next field to 'Word(s) from title'
Click alongside 'Yes' by 'Exact phrase?'
Click 'Go'

Clicking the links under 'Title' will bring up some details about the relevant books. It won't directly identify the one you're after but it will help you to eliminate many of those which you don't want.

Chris

[Buenchico]

PS: Alibris has three copies of that book I mentioned above. You might like to contact the sellers to get more information. Start here:
http://www.alibris.co....x=0&hs.y=0&hs=Submit
Then (for each seller) click on 'Show details' and then 'See more details about this copy'. You can then click on 'Contact the seller' to access an email form.

[whiskeryron]

Thanks very much for the info Chris, I will proceed & report back when completed.Ron.

[whiskeryron]

To all who helped in my research for the book 'Nine Lives' my grandson managed to locate a signed copy for his mum (my daughter) & the author is Dannie Nicholas (male) so big sighs of relief for the return of a wonderful story. Ron.