The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London.
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TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018Edition: Description: 291 pages color illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780008307929
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ap on lining papers.
ncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-236).
ilhouette -- Ravenmaster -- The rules -- Roll call -- Bird life -- Tower Green -- Biscuits and blood -- The menagerie -- Black birds -- The raven spreads his wings -- The great escape -- Resistance to interrogation -- Citizens of the world -- Double hatting -- The story -- Application -- Speaking in Ravenish -- Bird brains -- Ravenology -- The legend of the ravens at the Tower -- Blood swept lands and seas of red -- My mistress eyes are raven black -- Birds and books -- Death and the raven -- The ghosts of my life -- And so to bed -- Great traditions -- Sentinels of the White Tor -- Rising above.
"A narrative by the Tower of Londons official Ravenmaster about what its like to live among the ravens at Englands most famous national monument, woven together with insight from folklore, history, and contemporary behavioral science about this unusual bird"-- Provided by publisher.
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