Noble Brutes

Download or Read eBook Noble Brutes PDF written by Donna Landry and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Noble Brutes
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9780801890284
ISBN-13 : 0801890284
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Book Synopsis Noble Brutes by : Donna Landry

Book excerpt: This radical reinterpretation of Ottoman and Arab influences on horsemanship and breeding sheds new light on English national identity, as illustrated in such classic works as Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and George Stubbs's portrait of Whistlejacket.


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