A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts #joyce and society is always on

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The storytelling brings to life a compelling cast of historic characters and modern voices

From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters

In a revolutionary decade where public intellectuals wielded a celebrity since unheard of

A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts #joyce and society is always onINSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo, to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africas resources. The key to cracking open the continent,