Paul Levy

Rhinoceros pie, anyone?

They were all on the menu for Frank Buckland — the Victorian naturalist who aimed to eat every creature in the world

  • The Man Who Ate the Zoo: Frank Buckland, Forgotten Hero of Natural History

    Richard Girling

    Chatto, pp. 392

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