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The Pope's Rhinoceros, Paperback / softback Book

The Pope's Rhinoceros Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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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.

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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:768 pages
  • Publisher:Vintage Publishing
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  • ISBN:9780749398743

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  • Out of stock

  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:768 pages
  • Publisher:Vintage Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Category:
  • ISBN:9780749398743