Natives and strangers

Louisa Dawkins

earliest edition we have, 1985 Penguin Books, 1986 paperback 504 pages

From back cover: A sweeping novel about a woman torn between her British heritage and her African homeland. Marietta Hamilton grows up amidst the turbulence of the Mau Mau Rebellion and the cataclysmic changes independence brought to East Africa and to all those who lived there. A deep childhood friendship with an African family, a marriage to a charming but restless white hunter, a passionate attraction to a black p...

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Natives and strangers. edition · 1987 · Penguin · 440 pages
Natives and strangers edition · 1986 · Viking · 404 pages
Natives and strangers paperback · 1986 · Penguin Books · 504 pages · 9780140096156
Natives and strangers edition · 1985 · Houghton Mifflin · 404 pages

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