Oxford oddfellows & funny tales - Richard Breen

This book is a light-hearted look at the historical developments of the world famous Oxford Colleges, their extremely peculiar traditions, and the eccentric people who inhabited them. The stories have been brilliantly illustrated by Holte, with his characteristic cartoons and idiosyncratic sense of humour; from Sir Richard Burton, who used a hot poker to defend his right to support a monstrous moustache, to Dr Ellington who remains forever at the college carved in to a gargoyle, by a sculptor bribed by one of his students!