Elspeth huxley biography summary page

Her unconventional childhood saw her living in a grass hut, running wild with the animals, enduring her parents' marital strains and never.

Elspeth Huxley, journalist and author of many books that were inspired by her childhood in colonial Kenya, dies at age of 89; photo (M).

Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July – 10 January ) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist.

Elspeth Huxley was both a novelist and non-fiction writer, although her non-fiction dominated especially concerning World War 1.

"Elspeth Huxley grew up in colonial Kenya, during a time of little doubt about the rightness of the British Empire in its assumed civilising mission.

Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July – 10 January ) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist..

Elspeth Huxley

English writer, journalist, magistrate, environmentalist and adviser

Elspeth Huxley CBE
Born	Elspeth Grant (1907-07-23)23 July 1907 London^[1]
Died	10 January 1997(1997-01-10) (aged 89) Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation	Author, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Reading University, Cornell University
Subject	Settler life in British Kenya
Notable works	The Flame Trees of Thika, The Mottled Lizard
Spouse	Gervas Huxley
Relatives	Huxley family

Elspeth Joscelin HuxleyCBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997)^[1] was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser.^[2] She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyrical books, The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard, based on her youth in a coffee farm in