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The Pope's Rhinoceros

The Pope's Rhinoceros

Lawrence Norfolk

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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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.

Product Description

Title - The Pope's Rhinoceros

Edition -

Author - Lawrence Norfolk

ISBN 13 - 9780749398743

Imprint - Vintage

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 03/02/1997

Prize -

No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 33mm

Weight - 532 g

Languages - English