Friday, April 19, 2024

Book 54: The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens of the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife.

 I just finished The Ravenmaster and I give it 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦.

This is the memoir from a man who until recently was a Beefeater (Tower Warden) in charge of the ravens at the Tower. If you've visited there, you know that there is a myth that if the ravens leave the Tower, the empire would fall (and he shares the history of this myth in the book). He travels the path of his childhood and his life in the army prior to becoming a Beefeater (he's one tough guy) and shares stories of the daily routine and the individual personalities of the ravens. It's quite chatty and charming, some might find it too saccharine but I really liked it. 

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