Happy Valley
- ISBN-10
- 1909869198
- ISBN-13
- 9781909869196
- Series
- Happy Valley
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-11
- Publisher
- Thistle Publishing
- Author
- Nicholas Best
Description
The definitive story of the British in Kenya, from the explorer Joseph Thomson, whose exploits inspired King Solomon's Mines, to the decadent Happy Valley set of the 1930s, the murder of Lord Erroll, and the Mau Mau revolt of the 1950s. "Nicholas Best tells an immensely entertaining tale" - Max Hastings, Evening Standard "Erudite, amusing and, even, gossipy" - Nigel Dempster, Punch "First class... quite hilariously funny!'" - Melbourne Herald "Anyone with experience of Kenya, past or present, resident or tourist, will enjoy reading Happy Valley" - Country Life
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Happy Valley: A History and Tour of the Hong Kong Cemetery
By Ken NicolsonJohn C. Loudon, On the Laying Out, Planting and Managing of Cemeteries and on the Improvement of Churchyards (Redhill: Ivelet Books Ltd., 1981), 13. Brent Elliot, 'The Landscape of the English Cemetery', 13. Ibid.
-
The Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats
By Juliet BarnesWhen I took Alice Percival to Clouds, she had talked about Alice de Trafford. As we headed along the old Wanjohi road and crossed the Malewa River, just before today's newly erupted village called Demi, Alice said, 'This was where Noel ...
-
Child of Happy Valley: A Memoir
By Nicola Tyrer, Juanita CarberryAn astonishing and entertaining memoir about a childhood in White Mischief Kenya.
-
The Lost Boys of Happy Valley College: A Novel
By Dick CarlsenNever underestimate the power and legitimacy of fate, when things happen at either a good time or a bad time, ... On Dave's big day, he and his parents got an early start from home in the charming middle-class suburban town or “village” ...
-
In Happy Valley
By John Jr. FoxReproduction of the original: In Happy Valley by John Jr. Fox
-
The Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats (16pt Large Print Edition)
By Juliet BarnesA book to set alongside such singular evocations of Africa's strange colonial history as The Africa House, The Ghosts of Happy Valley is a mesmerising blend of travel narrative, social history and personal quest.
-
Happy Valley
By Lin SteppEscape to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee in this sweet tale of two young people who meet by chance, their paths soon overlapping and intertwining amid a cast of warm-hearted characters in the small rural community of Happy Valley.
-
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
By Robert Kolker#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with ...
-
Happy Valley Pepo and Sully
By G. G. BellaHappy Valley Pepo and Sully
-
The Happy Valley
By Eric BerneA python named Shardlu rolls down the hill one day into a flowery valley and has many adventures with the strange animals and people who live there.