{"product_id":"the-mottled-lizard-9780712674553","title":"The Mottled Lizard","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElspeth Huxley was born in 1906, the daughter of Major Josceline Grant of Njoro, Kenya, where she spent most of her childhood. She was educated at the European School in Nairobi and at Reading University where she took a diploma in agriculture, and at Cornell University, USA. In 1929 she joined the Empire Marketing Board as a press officer. She married Gervas Huxley in 1931 and travelled widely with him in America, Africa and elsewhere. She was on the BBC General Advisory Council from 1952 to 1959, when she joined the Monckton Advisory Commision on Central Africa. She wrote novels, detective fiction, biography and travel titles, and her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Flame Trees of Thika\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eLivingstone and His African Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), \u003ci\u003eFlorence Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eScott of the Antarctic\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eNellie: Letter from Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eWhipsnade: Captive Breeding for Survival\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eThe Prince Buys the Manor\u003c\/i\u003e (1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe knows East Africa and she loves it - the people, black and white, and the wild beauy of its countryside - with a critical and understanding sympathy * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMore lyrical than the first volume * The Washington Post *","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018387947863,"sku":"9780712674553","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780712674553.jpg?v=1750776675","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mottled-lizard-9780712674553","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}