Menagerie - The History of Exotic Animals in England

The story of exotic animals in Britain, from time immemorial to the foundation of the London Zoo A tour through the centuries, forming the first ever detailed history of exotic animals in Britain A chronicle of the extravagant, the eccentric, and - on occasion - the outright bizarre From peacocks and popinjays to Georgian giraffes, via Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries, and Lord Clive's zebra A story both of the animals themselves and the many people who came into contact with them - from owners, collectors, and scientists to the public who came to view them