
Leaves from the Fig Tree
Diana Duff(Author)
Summersdale Publishers
Published on 29. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84024-363-5 (ISBN)
Description
Raised by eccentric grandparents at Annesgrove, an Irish stately home, Diana Duff grew up surrounded by family ghosts, banshees and buried treasure. At 18, Diana entered the glamorous world of 1950s Kenya, becoming a stand-in for Grace Kelly before embarking on a career as a nurse. After marrying a young officer in the Colonial Service, Diana spent her nights shivering and alone, gun in hand, as the Mau Mau rebellion threatened to engulf her. Moving to Tanganyika, Diana went on to found the first inter-racial nursery school in East Africa before a transfer saw the family shifting to South Africa in the 1960s at the height of apartheid.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84024-363-5 (9781840243635)
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