…and the Tower of London
In 1252 Henry III took delivery of a white bear, sent to him as a gift from King Haakon IV of Norway. He decided to keep it in the Tower of London. The bear was either too big or too exciting to be taken to Oxfordshire, where there had been a royal menagerie at Woodstock since Henry I’s reign. What’s more, it needed to fish.
Dan Jones
New York Times bestselling historian, broadcaster and author. My books have sold more than one million copies worldwide. My documentaries include the Netflix series Secrets of Great British Castles. I live in the UK.