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Appeal: The horse's role in shaping human civilization.

Recommendation: Farewell to the Horse will enthrall equestrians and history buffs alike, with its detailed and poignant account of the horse's impact on human society, from ancient empires to modern times. Raulff's writing is captivating and insightful, exploring the complex and often conflicted relationship between horses and humans, and the profound ways in which they have shaped each other's destinies.

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ISBN: 9780241257609
Authors: Ulrich Raulff
Publisher: Allen Lane
Date of Publication: 2017-06-27
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, History
Related Topics: Historical, Animals, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.34
(rated by 186 readers)

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Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of what horses once meant to us. Cities, farmland, entire industries were once shaped as much by the needs of horses as humans. The intervention of horses was fundamental in countless historical events. They were sculpted, painted, cherished, admired; they were thrashed, abused and exposed to terrible danger. From the Roman Empire to the Napoleonic Empire every world-conqueror needed to be shown on a horse. Tolstoy once reckoned that he had cumulatively spent some nine years of his life on horseback.
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Appeal: The horse's role in shaping human civilization.

Recommendation: Farewell to the Horse will enthrall equestrians and history buffs alike, with its detailed and poignant account of the horse's impact on human society, from ancient empires to modern times. Raulff's writing is captivating and insightful, exploring the complex and often conflicted relationship between horses and humans, and the profound ways in which they have shaped each other's destinies.

  • Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse Nominee for Sachbuch/Essayistik (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.