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Also by Julia Stuart:

The Tower, The Zoo, And The Tortoise, September 2011
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The Matchmaker of Perigord, August 2008
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THE TOWER, THE ZOO, AND THE TORTOISE
By: Julia Stuart

Random House
September 2011
On Sale: August 23, 2011
318 pages
ISBN: 030747691X
EAN: 9780307476913
Paperback
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Set in the popular tourist attraction in present-day London, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise is an exquisite story of love, loss, and a one-hundred-eighty-one-year-old pet. 

Balthazar Jones has lived and worked in the Tower of London for the past eight years. Being a Beefeater is no easy job, and when Balthazar is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie of the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes go missing, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent tourists running for their lives. Still, that chaos is nothing compared to what happens when his wife, Hebe, makes a surprise announcement. What’s a Beefeater to do?

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All Things Considered - November 5, 2011