The author has been the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London since 2011, in charge of a team responsible for the welfare of the seven ravens currently in residence. He has been a Yeoman at the Tower of London since 2005. Christopher Skaife obviously loves the ravens in his charge though he treats each individual bird with great respect.
Christopher Skaife outlines the personalities of the current raven population at the Tower of London. He also describes what is involved in looking after the ravens each day as well as the other duties involved in being a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London plus the prerequisites for such a job. As well as learning about the lives of the ravens and their role at the Tower of London we learn about the life of Christopher Skaife including his twenty-four years in the the army as well as some of his adventures with the ravens.He also discusses the legend of the ravens and the Tower.
At the end of the book there is a list of resources on ravens and another list on books relating to the Tower of London for those who want to do additional reading.
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