Trapped in History - Kenya, Mau Mau and Me

''Excellent.'' Evening Standard ''Unforgettable.'' Observer ''Magnificent.'' Daily Telegraph A twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. Decades later, he began to question the past. Trapped in History is a search for nuanced truth behind the propaganda, a post-colonial story with a close-up view of the terror and pity of empire. ''A wholly fascinating and engaging memoir that also functions as a shrewd and brilliant investigation of a still hugely controversial period of Africa''s twentieth century history.'' William Boyd

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Rankin, Rankin Nicholas
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2024
• EAN: 9780571307760
• ISBN: 978-0-571-30776-0
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, British Empire, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Memoirs, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Africa / East, Kenya, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1960 to c 1969, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Second World War, 1939-1945, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs