Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
- ISBN-10
- 0812968921
- ISBN-13
- 9780812968927
- Series
- Too Close to the Sun
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- Sara Wheeler
Description
A New York Times Notable Book, this portrait of the famed African explorer portrayed by Robert Redford in the film Out of Africa covers Hatton's prestigious education, relationships with Beryl Markham and Karen Blixen, and his achievements in early twentieth-century British East Africa. Reprint.
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