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" (1959). Elspeth married Gervas, a grandson of Thomas Huxley and cousin to Julian and Aldous Huxley, whom she knew well. The author, Christine Nicholls, had access to all her letters and papers, and is familiar with many of the people and places in the book.
- ISBN10 0312300417
- ISBN13 9780312300418
- Publish Date 28 July 2003 (first published 15 April 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Thomas Dunne Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 482
- Language English