Exeter Cathedral

Dr Jonathan Foyle has devoted his career to the preservation and public appreciation of historic buildings. His other books on English cathedrals include Canterbury, Lincoln, Lichfield and Peterborough. Diane Walker is a volunteer tour guide for Exeter Cathedral.

"...beautiful to look at though it be, this is no mere coffee table book; on the contrary, it offers the latest scholarship concerning the design of the Norman cathedral and presents new ideas about the construction and design of its Gothic successor." -- Peter King, www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk; “The title acknowledges the profusion of carved plants and animals to be seen in this building, whose foundations were laid nine centuries ago.” -- Catherine Pickford, Church Times;