The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman

'a Significant And Timely Book ... Holmes Has Produced A Laceratingly Powerful Story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review In 1810 The Slave Turned Showgirl Sarah Baartman, London's Most Famous Curiosity, Became Its Legal Cause Célèbre. Famed For Her Exquisite Physique – In Particular Her Shapely Bottom – She Was Stared At, Stripped, Pinched, Painted, Worshipped And Ridiculed. This Talented, Tragic Young South African Woman Became A Symbol Of Exploitation, Colonialism – And Defiance. In This Scintillating And Vividly Written Book Rachel Holmes Traces The Full Arc Of Baartman's Extraordinary Life For The First Time.