The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show
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The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show
On 23 March, 1844, General Tom Thumb, at 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria.
On both sides of the Atlantic, this meeting marked a tipping point in the nineteenth century - the age of the freak was born.
Bewitching all levels of society, it was a world of astonishing spectacle - of dwarfs, giants, bearded ladies, Siamese twins and swaggering showmen - and one that has since inspired countless novels, films and musicals.
But the real stories (human dramas that so often eclipsed the fantasy presented on the stage), of the performing men, women and children, have been forgotten or marginalized in the histories of the very people who exploited them.
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- ISBN: 9781782439936
- Author: John Woolf
- Publisher: Michael O'Mara
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 384
- Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 3.3cm
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The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show
On 23 March, 1844, General Tom Thumb, at 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria.
On both sides of the Atlantic, this meeting marked a tipping point in the nineteenth century - the age of the freak was born.
Bewitching all levels of society, it was a world of astonishing spectacle - of dwarfs, giants, bearded ladies, Siamese twins and swaggering showmen - and one that has since inspired countless novels, films and musicals.
But the real stories (human dramas that so often eclipsed the fantasy presented on the stage), of the performing men, women and children, have been forgotten or marginalized in the histories of the very people who exploited them.
Product Information:
- ISBN: 9781782439936
- Author: John Woolf
- Publisher: Michael O'Mara
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 384
- Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 3.3cm
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