#87 A-Z reading challenge - titles
"Zarafa: the true story of a giraffe's journey from the plains of Africa to the heart of post-Napoleonic France" by Michael Allin
About a giraffe who was gifted to France and her journey overland from Egypt to Paris.
What did I think?
A lovely story. Much more interesting once the author gets to the giraffe - yes, the history (and people named) is interesting but it's the giraffe I want to know about. Makes you think about what it would be like without all the communication technology that we have now - letters for correspondance, few books, no movies. Also interesting to compare what was happening over in France with what was happening in NZ at the same time. (Man we're a young country.)
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