The book was adapted for TV in 1981 and starred Hayley Mills, Holly Aird, David Robb and Ben Cross. The story follows her childhood on the coffee plantation set up by her parents, before her father leaves for the war and she returns to England with her mother. The Flame Trees Of Thika, Elspeth Huxley, Chatto & Windus, 1959, First Edition, First Impression A memoir, written much later in life, of the author as a six year old, arriving in Kenya, with her parents in 1913. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Category: Biography & Autobiography Kenya 1900-1920 Travel & Places. Happily there is a sequel,THE MOTTLED LIZARD. The book ends with the start of WW I and the breakup of this relatively untroubled phase of colonial life. It is an Africa of plentiful big game, rich tribal culture, and white settlers striving to wrest fortunes from the unforgiving bush. Elspeth Huxley, who spent her early years on a small farm in Kenya in the early 1900s, recreates for us a vanished Africa, and shows it to us from the magical and arresting viewpoint of a perceptive child. This book is available and ready to be shipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting.
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