As a young man of just twenty-three years, Fredrick Joseph Salt is longing for adventure. Growing a little weary of his position as an assistant to the registrar at the British Museum. He dreams of emulating his hero Charles Darwin and exploring the natural world. When Frederick hears the news that P. T Barnum, the Great Showman from the Ringling Bros. Circus, the self-proclaimed "Greatest show on earth" is coming to London, he cannot believe his luck. Even more surprising is the news that his employer at the British Museum wants Frederick to go along on opening night. Buying both Frederick and his fiancée Rosabella Morland front row tickets. But why? P.T Barnum the American showman, is known as a confidence trickster and perpetuator of hoaxes, so what interest does the British Museum have in his latest potential publicity stunt? And why is the young and naïve Frederick Salt being sent as the museum's representative? Meanwhile the beautiful Rosabella Morland must conquer some demons of her own.
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