CREATURES OF STORY AND SONG (BRITAINS LOST SPECIES) (HB)

Discover why a beaver was said to bite off its own testicles, why the baleen of a right whale was prized by medieval knights and why you should give your crush the gift of a great auk. Creatures of Story and Song pieces together evocative legends, poems and historical accounts from a thousand years of history to explore fourteen of Britain's extinct creatures. It examines the rich legacy that such creatures as the eagle, boar and wolf left on our cultural landscape, and sheds light on what it was like to live alongside them.