Synopsis In 1941, Josslyn Hay, the 22nd Earl of Erroll was found murdered in a decadent colonial British outpost called Happy Valley, near Nairobi, Kenya. This book is a nonfiction account of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the killing, based on newspaper accounts, interviews, and trial transcripts.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1983-03-01 |
Publisher's Note Combines a detailed reexamination of the 1941 murder, in Kenya, of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll and hereditary High Constable of Scotland, with an expose of the decadent English colonial society in which he moved.
Industry Reviews "[A] remarkable achievement...impeccably researched and lucidly written...brings these astonishing people and their perplexed and tormented lives vividly and compellingly to life." New Statesman - William Boyd (11/19/1982)
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