num_pages: 560
description: Something of Value is a novel based on events that took place in Kenya Colony during the violent Mau Mau insurrection of the 1950s, an uprising that was confined almost exclusively to members of the Kikuyu tribe. It is a powerful, gripping, and sometimes shocking novel that presents an enlightening glimpse into the lives of all sections of the population in Colonial Kenya fifty years ago.
language: English
title: Something of Value
titlecomplete: Something of Value
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Kenya, Classics, Historical Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 601
places: Kenya
publisher: Corgi