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 | Jamrach's Menagerie | Jaffy meets Jamrach when Jamrach's escaped tiger picks him up in his mouth. From that meeting Jaffy goes to work for Jamrach and then goes on a sea voyage to find and capture alive mythical dragons. But after successfully catching a dragon their ship runs into trouble and sinks, leaving the surviving crew floating in two lifeboats. Eventually the rations run out and everyone gets very hungry indeed... |
| by Carol Birch | ||
| Score: 8 | ||
| Published: 2011 | ||
| Read: February 8th 2012 |
Comments
John said
Excellent, really good story, great characters. Gets pretty lurid and unpleasant when they do the 'custom of the sea' bit. Historical fiction - Jamrach was a real menagerie owner and the tiger incident happened, and the shipwreck is based on the experiences of the whaling ship Essex.