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9781950691555

The Candlelit Menagerie

The Candlelit Menagerie

by Caraline Brown

Publisher Arcade Publishing

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About the book

For fans of The Greatest Showman and Water for Elephants, The Candlelit Menagerie grabs hold and pulls readers into the dim halls of the exotic animal emporiums of London, over two centuries ago.

Set in late eighteenth-century London, this haunting debut novel features Lillian, a freakishly tall woman who struggles to fit into society because of her size and desire to wear trousers. Each morning, she wakes in her tiny maid's room in a too-small bed to the sound of a lion roaring nearby, on the Strand. One day, she investigates the sound and discovers a candlelit exotic animal emporium. When she meets the lion, there is an instant bond. At first, Lillian is repulsed by the stench and squalor, but there, in the menagerie, Lillian finds her natural home taking care of and befriending wild animals brought from around the world, stolen from their habitats, misfits like her. The British empire had become the dominate colonial power, plundering resources across the ocean, including humans and animals, and bringing them to England's shores for the first time to the amusement of the public. The menagerie, under Lillian's management, becomes a successful attraction. It is her life's mission. She even marries the veterinarian's single-minded apprentice. But when her unborn baby dies in an accident, she is given a chimpanzee to raise as her own child, upending the order of even Lillian's unusual existence.

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About the Author

Caraline Brown

In 1995 Caraline founded the UK's first ever PR company to specialise in the internet with nothing more than a £2K overdraft and a strong belief that online would grow and flourish. Along the way Midnight Communications collected an array of industry awards, including PR Week's national Consultancy of the Year, and Best International PR Campaign.

With three lifetime achievement awards under her belt Caraline has featured in many business titles, including Management Today, the Sunday Times and Platinum Business and PR Week named her as one of the most influential people in PR.

She holds the rare distinction of selling her company twice - in 2001 to the AIM-listed BV group - of which she became CEO in 2002 - before successfully conducting an MBO and once more becoming the principal shareholder in Midnight.

In December 2017 she sold the company to the management team to focus on her writing.
The Candlelit Menagerie is her first novel.

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