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Zarafa: A Giraffe'S True Story, From Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris [Audiobook] download free by Michael Allin

Zarafa: A Giraffe'S True Story, From Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris Audiobook download free by Michael Allin
  • Listen audiobook: Zarafa: A Giraffe'S True Story, From Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
  • Author: Michael Allin
  • Release date: 1999/3/28
  • Publisher: DELTA
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Natural History
  • ISBN: 9780385334112
  • Rating: 8.01 of 10
  • Votes: 759
  • Review by: Gael Broome
  • Review rating: 8.02 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/10/31
  • Duration: 2H52M34S in 256 kbps (45.6 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-08
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: OGG, Musepack, WAV, MPEG4, FLAC, WMA, MP3 (compression CAB, RAR, LZO, ZIP)
  • Total pages original book: 228
  • Includes a PDF summary of 19 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 14M16S (3.8 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: In October 1826, a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris to the delight of thousands of onlookers. The viceroy's tribute was politically motivated: He commanded the Turkish forces then fighting the Greeks in their war of independence, and hoped his gift would persuade the French not to intervene against him. But the viceroy and his intentions were quickly forgotten as France fell in love with its 'beautiful stranger.'Zarafa chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early nineteenth century. From the Enlightenment's blossoming fascination with science to Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt in 1798-from the eminent French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire to Bernardino Drovetti, French consul general in Egypt and tomb robber extraordinaire-the era was full of memorable events and characters. Michael Allin deftly weaves them into the story with an appreciation for detail and an uncommon affection. The giraffe's strange and wonderful journey linked Africa and Europe in mutual discovery. Although her arrival did not keep the French out of Ali's war, she became an instant celebrity in Paris and over the next eighteen years she fascinated all of Europe. Through Michael Allin's narrative skill, Zarafa stirs the imagination as it provides a new context for the history of a distant age.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: European History, Wildlife: Mammals, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Wildlife: General Interest
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 16.61 USD
  • Dimensions: 119x206x18mm
  • Weight: 227g
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