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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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The pope's rhinoceros, Lawrence Norfolk
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- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lawrence Norfolk
- Publisher
- Minerva
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 753
- ISBN10
- 0749398744
- ISBN13
- 9780749398743
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Nature, Historical Fiction, Animals, British Literature, Southern Europe, Italy, India, Spain, Journey, Rome, Roma, Gypsies, Doctors, Renaissance, Portugal, 15th Century, Baltic Sea, Popes, Rebirth, Rats, Medici
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- The Pope's Rhinoceros
- Rating
- 3.15 out of 5
- Description
- 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.