The Man Who Ate Bluebottles...and Other Great British Eccentrics

Until he ate a bluebottle, William Buckland had always maintained that the taste of mole was the most repulsive he knew. But that was before he ate the embalmed heart of Louis XVI. Lord Monboddo believed that babies are born with tails, and was a careful observer at the births of his own children - but in each case the midwife outwitted him and managed to destroy the evidence. The Comtesse de No…

The Man Who Ate Bluebottles...and Other Great British Eccentrics (paperback)

‘Catherine Caufield has shown us that eccentrics are fascinating characters … they add to the gaiety of nations and it would be sad to see them fade away’ Patrick Moore, Daily Express ‘A compelling read that praises our individual idiosyncrasies’ Big Issue ‘Mad dogs and Englishmen, laid out for public gaze’ Fortean Times ‘A hilarious compilation …