TITLE:
Too close to the sun : the audacious life and times of Denys Finch Hatton / Sara Wheeler.
By:
Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
New York : Random House,
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Description:
292 p. : ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Wheeler brilliantly conjures the mystical beauty of Kenya at a time when teeming herds of wild animals roamed unmolested across pristine savannah. No one was more deeply attuned to this beauty than Finch Hatton–and no one more bitterly mourned its passing when the outbreak of World War I engulfed the region in a protracted, bloody guerrilla conflict. Finch Hatton was serving as a captain in the Allied forces when he met Karen Blixen in Nairobi and embarked on one of the great love affairs of the twentieth century.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781400060696
