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City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and Its Famous
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City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and Its Famous Ravens Hardback - 2011

by Boria Sax

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Tales tell of how Charles II, fearful of ancient legends that Britain will fall if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave their abode, ordered the wings of the six ravens to be clipped. But the truth is that the ravens only arrived at the Tower in 1883. This book tells the true story of the ravens.

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  • Title City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and Its Famous Ravens
  • Author Boria Sax
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Duckworth Publishing, London and New York
  • Publication date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780715640814 / 071564081X
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.1 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (18.03 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Tower of London (London, England), Folklore - England - London
  • Dewey Decimal Code 942.15

About the author

Boria Sax is an award-winning author and lecturer. Two of his scholarly books, "IAnimals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust "and "The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in Myth, Legend, and Literature," have been named "outstanding academic titles of the year" by the journal Choice. His books have been translated into French, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Czech. Boria Sax lives in White Plains, New York. Visit boriasax.com
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City Of Ravens: The Extraordinary History Of London, The Tower And Its Famous Ravens (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR)

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London and New York: Duckworth Overlook, 2011. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For -----/From Boria/Annie Moore/New York, May 22, 2013/"And the isolation of the/sky/At evening, casual flocks of/pigeons make/Ambiguous undulations as they/sink/Downward to darkness, on extended/wings"/Wallace Stevens/Boria Sax'. (Annie Moore is a New York bar and restaurant). Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched, scholarly and authoritative study of the raven in mythology and at the Tower of London. With Appendix and Bibliography. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing DOUBLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.
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