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by Elspeth Huxley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Pimlico; New edition edition (2 Jul 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0712666133
  • ISBN-13: 978-0712666138
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 379,463 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Originally published in 1962 by Penguin, Huxley's autobiography recalls her extraordinary adventures as a child in Africa.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning insight in a bygone era, 10 Sep 2003
Would have given this book 6 stars or more if I could. It is a terrific insight in how a child grows up in this bewildering setting that is so beautifully described. You can actually feel the dust settling on your skin after a long day of trekking through the untamed wilderness of Kenya, some 100 years ago. Probably romaticized, but hey: it's childhood memories: of course they are. Still, it gives you very good inside information on how the early settlers used to live and cope with their surroundings and the native community. Buy it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Embers from the age of empire, 17 Nov 2006
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This book is on the same sort of rank and the same genre as Out of Africa. A literary autobiography set in Kenya during an uncertain and enterprising colonial era before the First World War.
It's strongest elements include a deep sensitivity to the travails of animal life up against white hunters and farmers, very full accounts of the Kikuyu people and their rivalries with other Africans and it also paints a vivid portrait of pioneering planters and their servants in the shadow of the Great War.

The vantage of the book is greater than that of Out of Africa by Blixen being a less personal tale. it is a faithful, sometimes harrowing tale culled from an excellent store of memories representing times and scenes gone by. Huxley is not short on romance and tragedy.

This book is an ideal companion to those interested in the British Empire and African anthropology. For naturalists it provides breathtaking accounts of white hunters and their quarry as a retrospective commentary on man's abuse of Africa's wild heritage. Huxley writes quietly, sensitively and impartially providing philosophic insights in a heuristic and magical narrative. Always compelling, this is an important primary text.
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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic, 7 Jul 2000
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If you are going to read one book on Africa...let this be it. Wonderful character sketches, beautiful descriptions; if only we all had lived a life like this!
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