Lion

Deirdre Jackson works in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library and is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

will appeal even to those who would never normally pick up a book on the natural world. - Mary Beard, The Guardian &#39Books of the Year'Considering that 30-odd titles have appeared in Reaktion&#39s superbly realised Animals series, it has taken a surprising time to reach the king of beasts. Still, it was worth the wait. Jackson has produced a fascinating volume of leonine revelations . . . she provides plenty for big cat lovers to purr about. - The IndependentMore than 35 monographs have now been published in the Reaktion Series on animals, and Lion is no different from the rest in being professionally written, beautifully illustrated, and having as its theme the history of the relationship between humans and a single species of animal. In this book it is the relationship over the centuries between humans and lions or rather, it could be said, between the two master predators. - Anthrozo&#246s

• Preface Introduction 1 Lions at Large 2 Captive Cats 3 Lion Lore and Legend 4 In Pursuit of the Lion 5 Golden Remnant Timeline References Select Bibliography Associations and Websites Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index