Elspeth Huxley by C S Nicholls
The first biography of the renowned writer, broadcaster, conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya, whose lyrical and evocative memoir The Flame Trees of Thika (1959) achieved worldwide fame when made into a television drama series in 1981.‘Excellent’
Christopher Ondaatje, Times Higher Education Supplement
‘Wonderfully well-informed’
Kathryn Hughes, New Statesman
Christine Nicholls was Co-Editor and then sole Editor of The Dictionary of National Biography for twenty years, until 1995. She raised it from a dry-as-dust publication to a lively work of reference. She has also edited the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia of Biography. She grew up in East Africa and knows many of the people in Elspeth Huxley’s circle. She has recently finished writing a History of St Antony’s College, Oxford (Macmillan).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007292042 |
| ISBN 10 | 000729204X |
| Title | Elspeth Huxley |
| Author | C S Nicholls |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2008-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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