Zarafa The True Story Of A Giraffe's Journey From The Plains Of Africa To The Heart Of Post Napoleonic France

Author: Michael Allin

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Price : 20.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780747222996
Publisher : Headline Publishing Group
Imprint : Headline Book Publishing
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Weight (g) : 0.442
Publication date : 01 January 1998
Dimensions : 2 Centimeters X 13.4 Centimeters X 21.9 Centimeters
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Author : Michael Allin
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Language : English
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pp 215. Very good in vg d/w. Decorated endpapers.

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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.

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