Leicester, winter 1862. Mary Jane Potterton falls under the feet of an elephant in the Wombwell Circus procession. The incident is prophetic, and the child she is carrying will bear the cross his whole life. Little Joseph was born, pitilessly deformed by a strange illness, and his mother rocks him and wraps him in love, the strongest medicine that exists against human cruelty. So begins the incredible legend of Joseph Carey Merrick, a sensational man of superior intelligence, polite and sensitive, who revolutionised English society of the nineteenth century, by teaching courage, goodness and humanity. An emotional, engaging and surprising tale for all audiences, well-told and believable, that showcases the Victorian England that was home to Joseph Merrick.