Why can't this gentle giant rest in peace? Exhibited as a freak, how a 8ft 4in human colossus became the centre of a modern battle of wills

Why can't this gentle giant rest in peace? Exhibited as a freak, how a 8ft 4in human colossus became the centre of a modern battle of wills

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Charles Byrne, known as the Irish Giant, was the toast of Georgian London after arriving to seek his fortune at the age of 21 and being put on show as a freak. why

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