Elspeth Huxley: A Biography - Hardcover

Nicholls, C. S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312300417 ISBN 13: 9780312300418

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003

Synopsis

A portrait of the respected conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya describes her childhood in east Africa and wartime Britain; marriage to Thomas Huxley; roles as a farmer, writer, and government advisor; and relationships with such figures as George and Joy Adamson, the Leakeys, and Peter Scott. 10,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

‘Excellent’
Christopher Ondaatje, Times Higher Education Supplement

‘Wonderfully well-informed’
Kathryn Hughes, New Statesman

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 this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312300417
• ISBN 13: 9780312300418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528