num_pages: 326
description: Nellie Grant, Elspeth Huxley's mother, emigrated to British East Africa in 1912, in the heyday of the British Empire. Her correspondence, spanning more than 40 years, provides a fascinating record of and insights into the life-style of an unconventional white settler in early British days in Kenya.
title: Nellie: Letters from Africa
publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson