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The Medici giraffe
and other tales of exotic animals and power
By Belozerskaya, Marina
- ISBN
- 978-0-31652-565-7
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 15, 2006
Moscow-born art historian Belozerskaya has an exceptional talent for making history come alive for the general reader. This work is a thoroughly entertaining and enlightening romp through history, starting in ancient Alexandria and ending in present-day Washington, DC. Belozerskaya aims to "show that the way we perceive and treat animals illuminates our own values, concerns, and ambitions," and in this she has clearly succeeded. H...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
