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Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats by Barnes, Juliet

Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats by Barnes, Juliet

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Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats

Author(s): Barnes, Juliet
Pub: Aurum Press
Pack Qty: 0 (Paperback)
ISBN: 9781781311677
Subjects: Colonists, Kenya, Social conditions, 20th century, History, Social life and customs

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Publication: 1 July 2014

Pages: 336

Happy Valley was the name given to the Wanjohi Valley in the Kenya Highlands, where a small community of affluent, hedonistic white expatriates settled between the wars. While Kenya's early colonial days have been immortalised by farming pioneers like Lord Delamere and Karen Blixen, and the pioneering aviator Beryl Markham, Happy Valley became infamous under the influence of troubled socialite,[Bokinfo]

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