Journey with Russell Lyon through the fascinating story of the Society of Horsemen, the secret group of strange gifted men who traditionally ruled the world of the stables. Discover a culture stranger than fiction, where a stable-boy could be asked to shake hands with the devil through a wall, and the sign of power would float upstream. An informative investigation of the rituals, beliefs and skills of the Original Whisperers.
Russell Lyon is a practising veterinarian based in East Anglia. He is an accepted authority on horses and co-author of The Horse, a best-seller in the US in 2001/2002. He has written numerous articles for Riding magazine and in newspapers as well as being interviewed on radio on this topic. Lyon also gives his informed opinion on the modern-day Horse Whisperers and their methods.