The Wonders: Lifting The Curtain On The Freak Show, Circus And Victorian Age

Name: The Wonders: Lifting The Curtain On The Freak Show, Circus And Victorian Age
SKU: 9781782439936
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By (author) John Woolf,

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The untold story of the Victorian freak show and circus, and the remarkable cast of characters who performed in them. The book will chart some of the great transformations of the age: the birth of celebrity, of showbusiness, of advertising, of ‘alternative facts’.

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SKU: 9781782439936

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Barnum bearded lady circus Disability Studies disabled dwarf dwarves freak show freaks greatest showman history nineteenth century performers Queen Victoria showman stephen fry the wonders Tom Thumb Trump victorian victorian secrets

ISBN: 9781782439936

Book Format: Hardback

Pages: 384

Dimensions: 15.3 × 3.4 × 23.4 cm

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Format Hardback | 384 pages
Dimensions 15.3 × 3.4 × 23.4 cm | 0
Publication Date 02 May 2019
Publisher Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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John Woolf

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Dr John Woolf is a researcher, writer and historian specializing in nineteenth-century cultural history. Having read history at the University of Cambridge, he went on to obtain a PhD on Victorian freak shows and currently works across TV, radio and film. He has most recently co-written the bestselling Audible book Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets and has developed and featured in a number of BBC s eries and documentaries on freak performers and the Victorian period. In 2017, The Wonders was awarded the Biographers' Club Tony Lothian Prize for the best proposal for an uncommissioned first biography.

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