# In Praise of Famous Horses

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- Book: [In Praise of Famous Horses](https://www.bookquiver.com/sean-magee/in-praise-of-famous-horses) ([In Praise of Famous Horses.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sean-magee/in-praise-of-famous-horses.md))
- Authors: [Sean Magee](https://www.bookquiver.com/sean-magee)
- Publisher: w_n
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7461-081-0
- Published: 2020-10-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound. These features add up to a richly satisfying accumulation of information about the horse's role in human culture and society over two millennia. Horses will not only be a helpful reference source and congenial bedside book for those who work with or enjoy horses, but also a satisfying and browsable companion for the inquisitive general reader.