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TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DENYS FINCH HATTON
Sara Wheeler
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Description for TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DENYS FINCH HATTON
Paperback. Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. This book reveals the truth behind the author's love affairs with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance immortalized in her memoir Out of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. After a dazzling career at Eton and Oxford, he sailed in 1910 for British East Africa - still then the land of the pioneer. Sara Wheeler reveals the truth behind his love affairs with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance immortalised in her memoir Out of Africa.
'No one who ever met him', his Times obituary concluded, 'whether man or woman, old or young, white or black, failed to come under his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099450276
SKU
V9780099450276
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99-98
About Sara Wheeler
Sara Wheeler’s books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, of which the Telegraph reviewer wrote, ‘I do not think there will ever be a better book on the Antarctic.’ The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle, was chosen as Book of the Year by Will Self, Michael Palin, A. N. Wilson and others. She has ... Read more
Reviews for TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DENYS FINCH HATTON
A good story... a fitting memorial
Observer
A fascinating story of a man trying to outrun the social upheavals of the twentieth century
Herald
Wheeler has made excellent use of the sources at hand... Moreover, Wheeler writes well, and has a gift - shared by only very few - for pinning down the smells and atmosphere ... Read more
Observer
A fascinating story of a man trying to outrun the social upheavals of the twentieth century
Herald
Wheeler has made excellent use of the sources at hand... Moreover, Wheeler writes well, and has a gift - shared by only very few - for pinning down the smells and atmosphere ... Read more