The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) |
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Elspeth Huxley
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Pages: 288 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0141183780
Pub: Non Basic Stock Line
Pub date: 2000-02
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 126073
Reader Reviews:
THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA 1959 (5/5 people found this helpful)
This small book of 285 pages takes us back to the start of Kenya, where kikuyu were yet unaffected by the europeans. Elspeth parents buy a land from Nairobi and set up their home there. They gradually shape the farm. Men and women kikuyu and some masai come to work for them. The have cattle and plant coffee. More europeans come and settle and even Thika prospers.
As a child elspeth, sees the culture of the natives. Then comes the 1 st world war. Farms close and life of the settlers is disrupted.
Excellent book, very readable and so enjoy the sequel called " The Mottled Lizard ". Flame trees of thika is also available as 2 disc DVD. Some say it is slow, but I found it just right, for the story and the times.
There are no maps or photos.
Read and ENJOY.
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