Reviews for Little Book of Gargoyles

The average rating for Little Book of Gargoyles based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-08-23 00:00:00 Kyle Fukumoto Lovely!

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-25 00:00:00 Denise Parga This is in the same format and series as The Little Book of the Green Man. They are lively little books with good colour photos taken by the author, Mike Harding, which would whet the reader's appetite to go off exploring in churches and cathedrals. I did end up kicking myself as I'd missed a couple after having visited the locations. Harding, a man of many talents, also wrote the brief introduction in which he discusses the origin of gargoyles and their name and their purpose. It can be really good fun to look round a church or cathedral, often looking up, to see the odd little carved joke from an ancient stone carver or mason . He doesn't go into great depth, this isn't that kind of book and that's not meant as a criticism as it doesn't pretend to be a learned tome, but it is fun and the sort of book that you could put in your bag and take with you. It isn't exclusively about gargoyles as Harding also includes Sheela-na-gigs and other forms of gargoyles such as fertility symbols which broadens the book's scope. A good book for anyone with a passing interest in the subject who wants to be entertained as well as informed.