Circus life and circus celebrities

Step inside the sawdust ring and into the lives behind the spectacle - a singular chronicle of Victorian circus history. A vanished world comes alive. Thomas Frost records an era with sharp observation and humane curiosity, offering more than description: he assembles lively circus performers biography alongside reflective commentary, creating a wide-ranging circus memoir collection that balances gossip, reportage and affectionate insight. The pages map the public roar and the private toll ...