Circus

Roll up! Roll up! See the wondrous new face of Circus Mania, 250 years in the making! Full of the remarkable tales of circus life that made it a cl...

The Sunday Times bestseller from the bestselling author of The Doll Factory, Elizabeth Macneal.Set in a spectacular circus in the pleasure gardens ...

During the years 1880 to 1940, the glory days of the American circus, a third to a half of the cast members were women--a large group of very vi...

Circuses and film are a natural pairing, and the new essays making up this volume begin the exploration of how these two forms of entertainment ...

'A promising young historian with a taste for the exotic.' Stephen FryThe Wonders is a radical new history of the Victorian age: meet the forgotten...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Meet the greatest entertainer of t...

In Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 everyone the Muse brothers knew was either a former slave, or a child or grandchild of slaves. George and Willie Mus...

Costumes designed and made for devised or physical drama, for contemporary circus or for dance, differ radically from the more traditional costume ...

In this study of the relationship between men and their horses in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Monica Mattfeld explores the experie...

Produce your own circus! Make your own stilts, juggling sticks, and tightrope, then learn to use them; master the human pyramid; discover how to cr...

Explore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone days, as well as the history of the circus and sideshow. Take a look behind...

Philip Astley first pegged out his circular 'ride' on the banks of the Thames in 1768 and so laid down the foundations of the modern circus. Perfor...

Each summer a small and glamorous part of the 1930s comes back to life, recreating magic from an era long past. Evoking a tradition common in the E...