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The Book of the Raven

Corvids in Art and Legend

Caroline Roberts author Angus Hyland author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:14th Oct '21

Should be back in stock very soon

The Book of the Raven cover

Corvids play an outsize role in the human imagination. We keep ravens in towers, emblazon rooks on banners, find crows in the constellations and make sure to salute solitary magpies. We also see our own behaviour mirrored in this diverse family of birds, who are tricksters and thieves as well as problem-solvers and gift-givers.
This beautifully designed book showcases the visual and literary life of the corvid, from Norse legends to Game of Thrones. It includes beautiful and darkly seductive photographs and paintings as well as texts and poems in which they play a starring role and information about the traits that make them so intriguing to us.

ISBN: 9781786277015

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

160 pages