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"It is in colonial Kenya, at Lord Penfold's White Rhino Hotel, that the paths of these new settlers cross. Here they meet the cunning dwarf Olivio Alevado, ...the gypsy adventurer Anton Rider and the courageous, war-hardened Gwenn Llewelyn.... Here hope is corruped by greed, love by revenge, and loyalty by betrayal as the future is trampled into history."--Back cover.
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Happy Valley was the name given to the Wanjohi Valley in the Kenya Highlands, where a small community of affluent, hedonistic white expatriates settled between the wars. While Kenya's early colonial days have been immortalized by farming pioneers like Lord Delamere and Karen Blixen, and the pioneering aviator Beryl Markham, Happy Valley became infamous under the influence of troubled socialite, Lady Idina Sackville. The era culminated with the notorious...