Zarafa: the True Story of a Giraffe's Journey from the Plains of Africa to the Heart of Post-Napoleonic France; Author: Allin, Michael; Hardback; Book

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Zarafa: the True Story of a Giraffe's Journey from the Plains of Africa to the Heart of Post-Napoleonic France

Author: Allin, Michael
Hardback; Book; 30 Drawings, Maps and Images
215 pages
Published: October 1998
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ISBN: 0747222991
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In 1826 Zarafa, a beautiful and subtly marked Masai giraffe, was presented to Charles X by the Viceroy of Egypt. Captivated by this intriguing animal, people from Marseilles to Paris became united in a new-found mode too often neglected. This is the start of Zarafamania for 1998.In 1826 Zarafa, a Masai giraffe, was presented to Charles X of France by the Viceroy of Egypt. From Parisienne women with their hair coiffured so high they had to sit on the floor of their carriages to men sporting hats and ties in elongated fashion, a la Girafe was born.

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