The Pope's Rhinoceros Paperback / softback
by Lawrence Norfolk
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
- Publication Date:03/02/1997
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- ISBN:9780749398743
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:768 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:03/02/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780749398743