Animali eroici

3/3.5⭐️

Had this not needed all the acknowledgements at the end that made me realise Clare just put her name to it rather than undertook the research that was 50% of the work then I would have given 5 stars. I was given the book for my birthday and the substantial hardcover copy offers a very broad range of Leggi tutto

Some stories are shocking. Especially Sergeant Stubby

A fine collection of real-life stories of heroic animals - while Clare Balding probably has more stories about horses than another author would, given her background, there's a wide variety of both animals and contexts. Obviously a lot of the stories involve animals getting hurt, and not all of them Leggi tutto

Clare Balding writes in a good and personal style, and this book is no exception. However, the short space that she can allocate to each animal, sometimes make it difficult to really understand what the animal did and in which “context”. Not all animal are what I would call heroic, but all have a st Leggi tutto

I loved reading this book. It was incredible to find out about all these amazing animals that have done so many things. Animals are truly more than worth their weight in gold and I am sure I will revisit this book time and time again to remind myself of the brilliance of the animals that have graced Leggi tutto

A lovely book, full of lovely animal stories that were inspirational. A great read, that you can just pick up and enjoy, learning about great characters, publicly known and one’s that should be. A must read for all animal lovers.