As new books are published we will include a brief review on these pages.

All of the books below are recomended reading by Cavalier Clubs, click on each link to find out more.

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in Fact and Fancy
Of all the books published on Cavaliers, probably the most in-depth and wide ranging is "The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in Fact and Fancy" by Barbara Garnett-Wilson. This is an absolutely excellent volume, covering virtually every aspect of the breed. Beautifully laid out, with nearly 300 pages containing over 450 full colour photographs and illustrations, the book takes a most thorough look at so many facets of the cavalier, many of which have never been covered by previous publications. There are highly informative articles on rearing, training, health issues, whelping and caring for the oldies, there are also numerous articles on other aspects of the multi-functional cavalier including agility, obedience, tracking and also the use of cavaliers as pet therapy dogs. An enormous amount of research must have gone into the chapter on the history and development of both the breed and indeed of dogs in general. This book is indeed a must for the Cavalier enthusiast.


The companion book to this superb volume is "The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a Tribute in Art", also written by Barbara Garnett-Wilson in collaboration with Roy A. Wilson. This book is clearly a gem, elegantly produced with nearly 200 full colour pages of paintings depicting Cavalier type spaniels from the last seven centuries. The paintings are more or less in chronological order starting from the fourteenth century gothic period through the renaissance, baroque, rococo, romanticism periods right up to modern day paintings. Although some paintings show small toy spaniels as mere ancillary subjects in the background, it is quite amazing just how many others feature cavaliers as the main subject matter. It of course proves just how much these dogs meant to the person that commissioned the work, quite often members of grand European aristocratic families. For a preview of these two books and also for orders please visit www.LaughingCavaliers.com It is also possible to order these two books via Pay On Line from www.thecavalierclub.co.uk