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Enchanted Creatures : Our Monsters and Their Meanings - Natalie Lawrence

Enchanted Creatures

Our Monsters and Their Meanings

By: Natalie Lawrence

Paperback | 20 January 2026 | Edition Number 1

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'Fascinating . . . a riveting tour' MERLIN SHELDRAKE

'Game of Thrones meets the Natural History Museum meets Grimm fairytales . . . fascinating, enthralling and definitely enchanting' CHRIS PACKHAM

'Thrilling, wide-ranging and profound' CASPER HENDERSON

The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.

From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the depths of our collective imagination. They embody our anxieties and our irrational terrors, giving form to what we don't wish to know or understand. For millennia, monsters have helped us to manage the extraordinary complexity of our minds and to deal with the challenges of being human.

In Enchanted Creatures, Natalie Lawrence delves into 15,000 years of imaginary beasts and uncovers the other-worldly natural history that has evolved with our deepest fears and fascinations. Join Lawrence on a tour of prehistoric cave monsters, serpentine hybrids, deep-sea leviathans and fire-breathing Kaiju. Discover how this monstrous menagerie has shaped our minds, our societies and how we see our place in nature.
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Fascinating . . . a riveting tour of the monsters which have long occupied human minds and cultures, and which reveal a huge amount about who we are and where we have come from

Game of Thrones meets the Natural History Museum meets Grimm fairytales . . . fascinating, enthralling and definitely enchanting

A thrilling, wide-ranging and profound exploration into the things of darkness that humanity would do well to acknowledge as parts of itself

A menagerie of monstrous creatures that could compete with the contents of any cabinet of curiosities . . . a wide-ranging book about spectacles, stories and hoaxes - Daily Telegraph

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