The Tower Menagerie by Daniel Hahn
When Henry III was given three leopards by his brother-in-law, Frederick, the Holy Roman Emperor, he ordered them to be sent to the Tower of London. Over the next 600 years, the Tower played host to thousands more exotic animals. Hahn explores the uses and abuses of this remarkable institution.
Daniel Hahn's engaging book is not just a history of that collection, but of people's attitudes to the animal kingdom in general..I loved the idea of John Wesley wooing lions with flute music to check whether they had souls' The Sunday Telegraph, 18/1 'Hahn's fascinating book covers a giddy spectrum of oddity' Big Issue in the North 'Funny, painful and fascinating' Independent on Sunday 'Entertaining' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'Highly enjoyable' CONTEMPORARY REVIEW
Daniel Hahn was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He works as a writer, researcher and translator, and has contributed to a number of recent projects including the new edition of the OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE and the Shakespeare's Globe exhibition. He has also completed a translation of an Angolan novel, CREOLE, published in 2002. THE TOWER MENAGERIE is his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743483889 |
| ISBN 10 | 074348388X |
| Title | The Tower Menagerie |
| Author | Daniel Hahn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2004-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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