An edition of The ghosts of Happy Valley (2013)
The ghosts of Happy Valley
searching for the lost world of Africa's infamous aristocrats
By Juliet Barnes
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Publish Date
2013
Publisher
Aurum
Language
eng
Pages
318
Description:
'Happy Valley' was the name given to the region of Kenya's Highlands where a community of hedonistic white expatriates settled between the wars. Juliet Barnes has explored Happy Valley in a remarkable and indefatigable archaeological quest to find the homes and haunts of this extraordinary and vanished set of people.
subjects: British, History, Kenya, history, Kenya, social life and customs, Personal narratives
Places: Kenya
Times: 20th century, 1895-1963, 19th century