White Mischief

Informationen zum Autor James Fox Klappentext An intriguing account of investigative journalism, James Fox detailing the mystery which surrounds the murder of the Earl of Erroll in Nairobi in 1941. "One of the most dazzling feats of reportage in recent years" "Time Out". Zusammenfassung Just before 3am on January 24th, 1941, when Britain was preoccupied with surviving the Blitz, the body of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll, was discovered lying on the floor of his Buick, at a road intersection some miles outside Nairobi, with a bullet in his head.

Préface
A true life account of a brutal murder that scandalized colonial Kenya, taking us deep into the decadent heart of British high-society and its imperial tensions.

Auteur

James Fox

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An intriguing account of investigative journalism, James Fox detailing the mystery which surrounds the murder of the Earl of Erroll in Nairobi in 1941. "One of the most dazzling feats of reportage in recent years" "Time Out".

Résumé
Just before 3am on January 24th, 1941, when Britain was preoccupied with surviving the Blitz, the body of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll, was discovered lying on the floor of his Buick, at a road intersection some miles outside Nairobi, with a bullet in his head.