From the author of The Hedgehog Handbook, an addictively free-ranging survey of the huge impact that the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis have had on human history.
Sally Coulthard is a best selling author of design and outdoor living books including The Hedgehog Handbook, The Bee Bible, The Little Book of Snow, How to Build a Shed, Shed Chic, Gardenalia, The Little Book of Building Fires. She lives on a Yorkshire farm where she keeps chickens as well as – naturally – sheep.
Sally Coulthard's story of how sheep shaped the human story is full
of rich pickings... Full of fascinating social history'
*Independent*
Global in scope, with fascinating vignettes from the ancient world
to the present day, this is anything but woolly
*BBC History Magazine*
A snappy, stimulating book, and certainly not just for
shepherds
*Mail on Sunday*
Overflows with anecdotes and ovine facts with Coulthard showing how
intrinsic sheep have been to human society and culture
*This England*
This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's
Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be
just as successful
*Julian Norton*
I absolutely LOVE this... It's a perfect light-hearted informative
history'
*Philippa Sandall*
Sally Coulthard weaves the rich and fascinating story of sheep into
a vivid and colourful tapestry... Sally's book is threaded with
engaging anecdotes and remarkable ovine facts'
*Yorkshire Post*
[An] intriguing book... You won't look at a sheep in the same way
again'
*Country Living*
Love a sheep? Yorkshire writer Sally Coulthard has the ovis
covered!
*Yorkshire Life*
You often see them on walks, but what do you really know about the
woolly bleaters? Sally Coulthard reveals mind-boggling facts in her
new book
*Country Walking*
The rich and fascinating story of the sheep, masterfully told. Such
a splendid book
*Waterstones*
Over the course of some 300 pages, Sally Coulthard weaves the rich
and fascinating story of sheep into a suitably colourful woollen
tapestry'
*Countryside*
I've been listening to A Short History of the World According to
Sheep... Light-hearted and fun, it is also fascinating and I feel
like I have learnt so much'
*Scottish Book Trust*
Author Sally Coulthard stitches together fascinating tidbits,
exploring the sheep's relationship to human civilization and
culture
*Spin Off*
Coulthard's lively history celebrates the millennia-old
relationship between humans and ovines from prehistoric times to
The Yorkshire Shepherdess, and looks to a future in which sheep
play a part in sustainable agriculture
*Daily Mail*
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