A Critical Biography and the Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf Joseph Boruwlaski
by
Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Józef Boruwlaski was the most famous dwarf of the Enlightenment age. Polish-born, he travelled extensively throughout Europe, appearing and performing at royal courts and salons, before settling in Durham in his later life until his death at the age of 97. He was described in Diderot's Encyclopédie...