Zarafa
The True Story of a Giraffe's Journey from the Plains of Africa to the Heart of Post-Napoleonic France
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
This is the story of Zarafa, the Masai giraffe presented to Charles X of France in 1826, and how she captivated and inspired all those who came to see her. Allin describes the giraffe-inspired fashions of the day in this period of post-Revolutionary France.
