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The Greatest Shows on Earth - A History of the Circus (Paperback)
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The Greatest Shows on Earth - A History of the Circus (Paperback)
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List price R626
Loot Price R555
Discovery Miles 5 550
You Save R71 (11%)
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Now available in paperback, The Greatest Shows on Earth takes us
from eighteenth-century hippodromes in Britain to intimate one-ring
circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and
Picasso became enchanted by aerialists and clowns. We meet P. T.
Barnum, James Bailey and the enterprising Ringling Brothers, who
created the golden age of American circuses. We explore
contemporary transformations of the circus, from the whimsical
Circus Oz in Australia to New York City's Big Apple Circus. Circus
people are central to the story: trick riders and tightrope
walkers, sword swallowers and animal trainers, contortionists and
clowns - these are the men and women who create the sensational,
raucous, titillating and incomparable world of the circus.
Beautifully illustrated, rich in historical detail and full of
colourful anecdotes, Linda Simon's vibrant history is as enchanting
as a night at the big-top itself.
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