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The Natural History of Unicorns
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The Natural History of Unicorns

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“Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.”
— Washington Post Book World

 

From Biblical stories about virgins to adventures with Harry Potter, unicorns have enchanted people for millennia. In the endlessly fascinating The Natural History of Unicorns, author Chris Lavers ingeniously traces the legend of this mysterious creature to the real people, places, and animals that have influenced its story.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateSep 8, 2009
ISBN9780061900846
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The Natural History of Unicorns
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Dr. Chris Lavers

Chris Lavers is senior lecturer in natural history in the School of Geography, University of Nottingham. He is the author of Why Elephants Have Big Ears, and he lives in Nottingham, England.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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    I wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't that interesting to me. Has a very condescending tone, as well.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This is a non-fiction book looking at the persistent image of the unicorn, as it appears in ancient texts and then later adopted as a symbol in Christianity. The author looks at what real creatures may have been a unicorn, moving onto its use in symbolism and the search for it in India and Africa. It was an interesting read, which takes in romanticism, colonialism and religion as well as the natural world. I would have liked something more on the New Age use of the unicorn which is just mentioned, but mostly it was a fascinating read.