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The title, Dogs of War, refers to a phrase spoken by Mark Antony in Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, "Cry 'Havoc!' , and let slip the dogs of war." [2] Tchaikovsky acknowledges that Dogs of War came directly from his reading of H.G. Wells’ novel, The Island of Dr Moreau.
Like most of Forsyth's work, the novel is more about the protagonists' occupational tradecraft than their characters. The source of the title, The Dogs of War, is Act III, scene 1, line 270 of Julius Caesar (1599), by William Shakespeare: Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war. The mercenary protagonists are ruthless, violent anti-heroes ...
The African dormice (genus Graphiurus) are dormice that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have bushy tails. They primarily eat invertebrates, with other components of their diet including small vertebrates, [2] fruit, nuts and eggs. [3]
The Romans used a special kind of enclosure, a glirarium, to raise and fatten dormice for the table. [7] It is still considered a delicacy in Slovenia and in several places in Croatia, namely Lika, and the islands of Hvar and Brač. [8] [9] Dormouse fat was believed by the Elizabethans to induce sleep since the animal put on fat before ...
The Dormouse appeared in Sunsoft's 2006 mobile game Alice's Warped Wonderland (歪みの国のアリス, Yugami no kuni no Arisu, Alice in Distortion World). While prone to falling asleep, Dormouse tries to be helpful to Ariko (the game's "Alice") and treats her gently. In one of the bad endings, Dormouse is killed by a twisted Cheshire Cat. [4 ...
The Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Japan. It is the only extant species within the genus Glirulus. [2] Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In Japanese, it is called yamane (やまね or 山鼠). Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at great speed upside down ...
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Dogs of War is a comic book series originally published by Defiant Comics from April 1994 until August 1994. The series lasted only five issues before Defiant ceased publication of the title. The book was based on characters created by Jim Shooter.