In Praise of Famous Horses

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 ...