The History of Exotic Animals in England
by
Caroline Grigson
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
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...