
In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport
Author: Sean Magee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound. These features add up to a richly satisfying accumulation of...
