The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an
β Elspeth Huxley
π Library
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2000
π Penguin
π English
In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discoveredβthe hard wayβthe world of the African. With an extraordinary gift for detail and a keen sense of