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Menagerie by Caroline Grigson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Caroline Grigson

Current price: $18.95
Menagerie by Caroline Grigson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Menagerie by Caroline Grigson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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Menagerie by Caroline Grigson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Caroline Grigson

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Size: 25.4 x 216 x 454

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Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo - a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and - on occasion - the downright bizarre. From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first giraffe and Lady Castlereagh's recalcitrant ostriches, Caroline Grigson's tour through the centuries amounts to the first detailed history of exotic animals in Britain. On the way we encounter a host offascinating and outlandish creatures, including the first peacocks and popinjays, Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries in St James's Park, and Lord Clive's zebra - which refused to mate with a donkey, until the donkey was painted with stripes. But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. It also the story of all those who came into contact with them: the people who owned them, the merchants who bought and sold them, the seamen who carried them to our shores, the naturalists who wrote about them, the artists who painted them, the itinerant showmen who worked with them, the collectors who collected them. And last but not least, it is about all those who simply came to see and wonder at them, from kings, queens, and nobles to ordinary men, women, and children, often impelled by no more than simple curiosity and a cravingfor novelty. | Menagerie by Caroline Grigson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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