Its heroes are the raven couple Grip and Mable, who eloped from the Tower together after World War II, leaving it empty and prompting fears that the British Empire would end Jackie, who kept watch at a brewery McDonald, who was murdered and Thor, who could not accept his loss of flight. The legend itself originated from the summer of 1944, when ravens in London were used as unofficial spotters for enemy bombs and planes.īoria Sax gives us the first book to tell the true story of the ravens, which has far more high drama than any of the tales the tourists get to hear. But the truth is that the ravens only arrived at the Tower in 1883, when they were brought in as props in tales of Gothic horror that were told to tourists. Tales tell of how Charles II, fearful of ancient legends that Britain will fall if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave their abode, ordered that the wings of the six ravens be clipped. A “quirky and absorbing” exploration of the history and mythology surrounding the ravens at the Tower of London ( Publishers Weekly).
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