Zarafa - The true story of a giraffe's journey from the plains of Africa to the heart of post-Napoleonic France

Author(s): Michael Allin

Fiction

This is the story of Zarafa, the Masai giraffe presented to Charles X of France in 1826, and how she captivated and inspired all those who came to see her. Allin describes the giraffe-inspired fashions of the day in this period of post-Revolutionary France.

pp 215. Very good in vg d/w. Decorated endpapers.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780747222996
  • : Headline Publishing Group
  • : Headline Book Publishing
  • : 0.442
  • : 01 January 1998
  • : 2 Centimeters X 13.4 Centimeters X 21.9 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Michael Allin
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 944/.062
  • : 215