An Inconvenience of Penguins From the rolling fells of

From the rolling fells of Cumbria to Kent's shingle coast

simultaneously fabulous and familiar

there are incalculable clan debts to be paid

With lyrical prose and a historian’s eye for detail

An Inconvenience of Penguins From the rolling fells of'An epic quest in which the journey is at least as entertaining as the end result' Stephen Moss, author of Ten Birds That Changed the World 'Highly entertaining and gloriously obsessional' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan From Kings and Emperors to Macaronis and Rockhoppers, penguins are one of the most immediately recognisable animals on Earth. Yet for all that familiarity, what do we really know about them? An Inconvenience of Penguins follows