The pope's rhinoceros

Autori

• Lawrence Norfolk

Parametri

• 753 pagine
• 27 ore di lettura

• Animali
• Letteratura britannica
• Narrativa
• Natura, animali
• Prosa storica

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In February 1516, a Portugese ship sank with the loss of all hands a mile off the coast of Italy. The Nostra Senora da Adjuda had sailed 14000 miles from the Indian kingdom Gujarat- her mission, to deliver a rhinoceros to the Pope. The Pope's Rhinoceros tells the stories which culminate in this bizarre incident. Ranging from the Baltic Sea to a flyblown colony in India, from a tribe hidden in the African rain forest to atrocities committed in an obscure town in Tuscany, Norfolk's brilliant novel holds up the true history of the rhinoceros as a mirror to the fantasies and obsessions of the Renaissance.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1997

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