The Tower Menagerie
Subtitle: The Amazing 600-Year History of the Royal Collection of Wild and Ferocious Beasts Kept at the Tower of London
Publisher: Tarcher
Published: June 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781585423354
Subjects: Menageries; Tower of London (London, England); London; History; Science; Tower of London (London, Engla; History: World; London (England); Europe - Great Britain - General; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; History / Europe / Western; General; Zoos; England
First sentence: The story really begins, then, in late February 1235, with the announcement that Isabella, the English king's sister, is to marry Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.