Dimensions
129 x 198 x 19mm
Until he ate a bluebottle, William Buckland had always maintained that the taste of mole was the most repulsive he knew. But that was before he ate the embalmed heart of Louis XVI.
The Comtesse de Noailles was a keen believer in the benefits of fresh air and methane gas, keeping cows tethered near her open windows so that she could enjoy both.
These and a hundred other colourful characters populate the pages of this delightful illustrated survey of British peculiarities through the ages.
