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Hardcover City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and Its Famous Ravens Book

ISBN: 1590207777

ISBN13: 9781590207772

City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and Its Famous Ravens

Yet the truth is that they arrived in Victorian times as props in gory plays for tourists. But the ravens' past has far more high drama. From the plains of the North American Indians to the arctic tundra, all the way to the Tower of London, they have been symbols of cruelty, of survival through adversity, and a loveable icon. Boria Sax shows how our attitudes to the raven and to the natural world have changed enormously over the centuries. By describing...

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