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The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London / Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374113346
- ISBN: 0374113343
- Physical Description: viii, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on end caps. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Silhouette -- 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. |
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| Subject: | Skaife, Christopher, 1965- Yeomen Warders > Biography. Tower of London (London, England) Ravens > England. |
| Genre: | Nonfiction. Autobiographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Pease Public Library | 942.15 SKAIFE
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