Elspeth Huxley: A Biography - Hardcover

C.S. Nicholls

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000257165X ISBN 13: 9780002571654

Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD, 2002

Synopsis

2002 HarperCollins hardcover, British import. C. S. NICHOLLS (Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya). A woman of compelling personality and exceptional energy, Elspeth Huxley was not only a celebrated writer, but also a farmer, broadcaster, journalist, conservationist, political thinker, magistrate, and government adviser. She was a vivid chronicler of colonial Kenya, and became increasingly recognized as an observer and interpreter of African affairs over a period of profound change. Initially a staunch defender of the white settlers, she would later come to support moves toward African independence. - Amazon

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“Delicious stories...I recommend this excellent biography to anybody who cares for Huxley's books and for Kenya.”---Aiden Hartley, Literary Review [U.K.]

“C. S. Nicholls interweaves this personal tale with the intriguing social and political theory of colonial Kenya...accomplished.”---Sunday Times [U.K.]

“Well organized and thoroughly researched.”---Daily Telegraph [U.K.]

“[Nicholls] is a wonderfully informed authority about the externals of life---the dates, the events, the who, and where of it all...scrupulous.”---New Statesman [U.K.]

About the Author:

Christine Nicholls grew up in East Africa and knew many of the people in Elspeth Huxley's circle. She was coeditor and then sole editor of The Dictionary of Natural Biography for twenty years, and also edited The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography. Her other books include The Swahili Coast, Cataract, Power: A Political History of the Twentieth Century, a biography of David Livingstone and the official history of St. Antony’s College, Oxford. She lives in Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 000257165X
• ISBN 13: 9780002571654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512