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The Flame Trees Of Thika

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Author : Elspeth Huxley
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-04-03

The Flame Trees Of Thika written by Elspeth Huxley and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination: building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of wilderness into a working farm. Huxley’s unforgettable childhood memoir is a sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century and a love song to the harshness and beauty of East Africa.

The Mottled Lizard

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Author : Elspeth Huxley
language : en
Publisher: Pimlico
Release Date : 1999

The Mottled Lizard written by Elspeth Huxley and has been published by Pimlico this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Kenya categories.

"In this sequel to The Flame of Thika, Elspeth Huxley takes up her story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. Her family and friends, their home and their travels, the glorious wildlife and scenery, described in rich and loving detail, all spring to life in this enchanting book. 'She knows East Africa and she loves it. . . with a critical and understanding sympathy. ' The Times 'What a marvellous writer. . . and what a Kenya it was. ' Financial Times"

I Dreamed Of Africa

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Author : Kuki Gallmann
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-03-29

I Dreamed Of Africa written by Kuki Gallmann and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

‘Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the evening shadows settle over the valleys and plains of the Laikipia plateau.’ Kuki Gallmann’s haunting memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s first with her husband Paulo, and then alone, is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the magical spirit of Africa.

Settlers Of Kenya

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Author : Elspeth Huxley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948

Settlers Of Kenya written by Elspeth Huxley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Agriculture categories.

Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness

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Author : Alexandra Fuller
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Limited
Release Date : 2012

Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness written by Alexandra Fuller and has been published by Simon & Schuster Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with British categories.

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulnesstells the story of the author's mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous and optimistic couple and East Africa lay before them with the promise of all its perfect light, even as the British Empire in which they both believed waned. They had everything, including two golden children - a girl and a boy. However, life became increasingly difficult and they moved to Rhodesia to work as farm managers. The previous farm manager had committed suicide. His ghost appeared at the foot of their bed and seemed to be trying to warn them of something. Shortly after this, one of their golden children died. Africa was no longer the playground of Nicola's childhood. They returned to England where the author was born before they returned to Rhodesia and to the civil war. The last part of the book sees the Fullers in their old age on a banana and fish farm in the Zambezi Valley. They had built their ramshackle dining room under the Tree of Forgetfulness. In local custom, this tree is the meeting place for villagers determined to resolve disputes. It is in the spirit of this Forgetfulness that Nicola finally forgot - but did not forgive - all her enemies including her daughter and the Apostle, a squatter who has taken up in her bananas with his seven wives and forty-nine children. Funny, tragic, terrifying, exotic and utterly unself-conscious, this is a story of survival and madness, love and war, passion and compassion.

Murder At Government House

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Author : Elspeth Huxley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-02

Murder At Government House written by Elspeth Huxley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-02 with Fiction categories.

Olivia Brandeis, a young anthropologist, could sense that trouble was brewing at Government House in the African colony of Chania. Eventually her suspicions are confirmed when the Governor, Sir Malcolm Macleod, is found strangled at his desk. And when the identity of the murderer is indicated, a terrifying series of vicious events ensues.

Nellie

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Author : Nellie Grant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Nellie written by Nellie Grant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with British categories.

Maasai Days

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Author : Cheryl Bentsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Maasai Days written by Cheryl Bentsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Social Science categories.

The author recounts her experiences with the Maasai people while living in Kenya from 1980 to 1986.

The African Poison Murders

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Author : Elspeth Huxley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946

The African Poison Murders written by Elspeth Huxley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Africa, East categories.

C.I.D. Officer Vachell, on government business concerning Nazi activities on the African East Coast, runs into a case replete with horrors of blood lust, native poison, neighborly hatreds, malicious gossip, and two dead bodies.

Elspeth Huxley

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Author : Christine Stephanie Nicholls
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2008

Elspeth Huxley written by Christine Stephanie Nicholls and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This is a biography of the renowned writer, broadcaster, conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya, Elspeth Huxley, who achieved worldwide fame with her memoir 'The Flame Trees of Thika' in 1959.