Giraffes? In the Regency?
Yes! At least, the stuffed version! The first home of the British Museum was in Montague House, on Great Russell Street. The staircase led to a landing where there were featured three stuffed giraffes and a rhinoceros. I've always been so interested in the depictions of them, I had to use them!
In An Unexpected Encounter, our heroine Lisbeth meets a young girl, come to visit the giraffes--and her memories. She also meets the girl's guardian, Lord Cotwell, and so begins a story that features laughter, tears, automatons, insect collectors, a tryst in Hyde Park and of course, the subtle matchmaking efforts of Hestia Wright!
Yes! At least, the stuffed version! The first home of the British Museum was in Montague House, on Great Russell Street. The staircase led to a landing where there were featured three stuffed giraffes and a rhinoceros. I've always been so interested in the depictions of them, I had to use them!
In An Unexpected Encounter, our heroine Lisbeth meets a young girl, come to visit the giraffes--and her memories. She also meets the girl's guardian, Lord Cotwell, and so begins a story that features laughter, tears, automatons, insect collectors, a tryst in Hyde Park and of course, the subtle matchmaking efforts of Hestia Wright!
