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product_id: 66323112
title: "The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise Paperback – 23 Aug. 2011"
brand: "julia stuart"
price: "KSh2199"
currency: KES
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 9
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# The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise Paperback – 23 Aug. 2011

**Brand:** julia stuart
**Price:** KSh2199
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise Paperback – 23 Aug. 2011 by julia stuart
- **How much does it cost?** KSh2199 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A magical and humorous story of love & loss
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2020*

I absolutely loved this book.  My normal reading diet is dominated by crime thrillers, spy novels and adventure stories.  For the sake of variety I make myself read a book outside these genres every 4th book.  This was one of those 4th books.The story involves an improbable cast of characters (the inhabitants of the Tower of London) most of whom are emotionally stuck.  The central characters are a couple struggling to come to terms with the tragic loss of their only son. Weaved around the central story are this separate threads of the secondary characters which include the vicar of the Tower's chapel, the landlady of the Tower's pub, a tattoed ticket inspector and a work colleague at the London Underground Lost Property office, all of whom are searching for love in their lonely lives.The novel is written in a feather light and humorous style.  The author's choice of the improbable setting of the Tower of London and the plot device of the introduction of a menagerie are strokes of genius that provide the perfect backdrop for the chief protagonist, Balthazar Jones, to act out his grief as he marches the battlements in the dead of night and display his humanity in his generous treatment of his animal charges.  Similarly his wife, Hebe's, job at the London Underground Lost Property office offers her the perfect tonic to her own troubles as against all odds she successfully reunites people with their long lost treasures.This book had me smiling, chuckling and laughing out loud all the way through until the final two pages when I cried my eyes out.  A wonderful shot of whimsical joy in these troubled times!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Easy and delightful read
  

*by J***W on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2021*

It's a feel good book

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    ... of Pèrigord" by Julia Stewart and found it marvellously funny, but "The Tower
  

*by W***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2014*

I had only read "The Matchmaker of Pèrigord" by Julia Stewart and found it marvellously funny, but "The Tower ... was unexpectedly 'noir' and so saddening.

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