African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus by Rachel Holmes

African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus

Rachel Holmes

176 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Saartjie Baartman was twenty-one years old when she was taken from her native South Africa and shipped to London. Within weeks, the striking African beauty was the talk of the social season of 1810–hailed as “the Hottentot Venus” for her exquisite...

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