A friend recently told me that, as a kid, he'd been taken to the zoo on the promise of seeing dragons. when he got there he discovered they were in fact Komodo Dragons, basically big lizards (ok, they do have a venemous bite - quite cool).
Written by Joel Levy, a writer and journalist specialising in history, science and the paranormal, Pocket Book of Dragons explores the myth, magic and meaning of dragons (the proper serpent-like, fire breathing variety) and brings us dragon kings, Viking wyrms, Biblical leviathans, medieval monsters and dragon-slaying saints.
These stories come from all corners of the earth, and are accompanied by some beautiful illustrations, in the form of paintings, carvings, woodblock prints, book illustrations, and engravings that cover a span of over 1500 years.
Size: 169 x 115mm (hardback)
Pages: 160 (67 colour illustrations)
Publisher: Riverside Press
