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Susanna Forrest

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Horses are an incredible key to exploring history and culture, not least because humans seem to be so confused about them. Do we eat them or cherish them? Improve them or ruin them? Celebrate or use them? These are the kinds of issues I explore in my books.

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Who were the Amazons of Paris?

Black and white image of the circus horsewoman Zephora Furr from MUCEM. Nineteenth-century photograph of a white woman with curly hair and feather hair decoration, pearl choker, and open-necked dress with white fur trim.

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Who was Zephora Furr and what connects her to the Beatles, the Berlin Wall, and a Polish prince?Which courtesan competed in one of the earliest Olympics?Which Hippodrome stuntwoman went on to a career in crime?How a horse walked a tightrope in nineteenth-century Paris.

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	The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History 3.61 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Wishes Were Horses: A Memoir of Equine Obsession 4.11 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of Self: A Message of Hope by Michelle Scarlett, Peter Gentles, Susanna Forrest (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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