7/4/2023 0 Comments The aztec gary jenningsAlong the way, performers join and leave, or are killed through dangerous stunts and misfortunes amorous affairs among the multinational circus people begin and, often tragically, end the royalty of Europe shares confidences with the entertainers and Florilegium is transformed from small-town American carnival to major European circus. Desiring grand success, they cross the sea to rival the big tops of Europe, and journey from Italy, through the Germanic countries, over to Russia and finally to France. The circus's leader, an Alsatian named Florian, tours with the unusual international players and their seedy animals. After the Confederate Army lays down its weapons at Appomattox two ex-rebel soldiers join up with the ragtag Florilegium circus making its way through the back towns of war-torn Virginia. Jennings (Aztec, The Journeyer) spent considerable time accompanying modern circuses to write this long historical novel that begins wth one conflict on the American continentthe Civil Warand ends vividly with another, in Europethe Franco-Prussian War.
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