City of ravens: the extraordinary history of London, the Tower and its famous ravens

pt. 1. How the ravens came to the Tower and why they stayed. In search of the Tower ravens ; Bran and those who followed him ; The earls of Dunraven ; City of ravens ; Around the scaffold ; Pet ravens ; Jackie the lucky raven ; The killing of McDonald ; Mabel and Grip ; A new flock ; Entering the twenty-first century

pt. 2. What the ravens tell us about nature and humankind. Natsume Sōseki ; The terrible secrets of history ; Invented tradition, fakelore, folklore or modern myth? ; Becoming ravens ; The ravens and the crown

Epilogue : will Britain 'fall'?

Appendix: the Tower ravens in 1955.