In the court of King Charles I, his homesick bride, Henrietta-Maria, longs to be back in the comfort of her French court.
To distract herself she has created a kind of sideshow to entertain herself with.
The Royal Menagerie of Freaks and Curiosities of Nature is a collection of sorts that consist of a giant, two other dwarfs, a rope dancer, an acrobat, animal trainer, and a special dwarf dubbed Lord Minimus.
Lord Minimus is actually Jeffery, a dwarf who has been trained by one of the most dangerous men at court, the Duke of Buckingham, to be a spy.
The Duke of Buckingham has taken Jeffery from his meager existence in a small village and dropped him into the dangerous English court but Jeffery soon begins to feel that his loyalties are a bit divided.
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Morgana has no interest in marriage, especially to a man she hardly knows. She is different than most women….she’s as wild as the Welsh moors and would rather spend her days with her horses than in the company of society.
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