London, 1857: After surviving an encounter with an escaped tiger, nine-year-old Jaffy stumbles into a job for its owner, the wild animal collector, Mr Jamrach. Commissioned by Jamrach to find…

The dazzling new novel, evoking the thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach’s Menagerie

In the style of Margaret Forster and Lesley Galister, a story of ambition and opportunity, providence and survival, that explores a family’s bond of unspoken love and loyalty.

Pronounced by the most eminent physician of the day to be a true hybrid wherein the nature of woman presides over that of the brute, Julia Pastrana stood apart from…

Building on the success of the first edition and the growth of research in the field over the past decade, this expanded new edition offers an authoritative overview of the…