Leopard at the Door

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After six years in England, Rachel has returned to Kenya and the farm where she spent her childhood, but the beloved home she d longed for is much changed Her father s new companion a strange, intolerant woman has taken over the household The political climate in the country grows unsettled by the day and is approaching the boiling point And looming over them all is the threat of the Mau Mau, a secret society intent on uniting the native Kenyans and overthrowing the whites.As Rachel struggles to find her place in her home and her country, she initiates a covert relationship, one that will demand from her a gross act of betrayal One man knows her secret, and he has made it clear how she can buy his silence But she knows something of her own, something she has never told anyone And her knowledge brings her power. Free Download eBook Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh – kino-fada.fr This is a brilliant well researched historical novel that does not spare the reader the insanity of British colonial history in Kenya in the 1950s It plays out amidst the recent independence of India and a Britain determined to stave off further losses by ruthlessly squashing all signs of rebellion in other parts of its empire Kenya is a particularly horrific and ugly part of the British in Africa and McVeigh captures the struggles that took place in a realistic manner In Kenya, upon the This is a brilliant well researched historical novel that does not spare the reader the insanity of British colonial history in Kenya in the 1950s It plays out amidst the recent independence of India and a Britain determined to stave off further losses by ruthlessly squashing all signs of rebellion in other parts of its empire Kenya is a particularly horrific and ugly part of the British in Africa and McVeigh captures the struggles that took place in a realistic manner In Kenya, upon the tragic death of her mother, twelve year old Rachel Fullsm...This is the story of Rachel A young British girl around 18 now who is returning to Kenya after being away for 6 years Her mother was killed when she was young and she was sent to England to live with her grandparents and go to school But now, she is going home Oh she has missed her beloved Kenya and can t wait to return But Kenya has gone through so many changes over the years and it is no longer a safe place to return to Her father still lives on the family farm but urges her, a bit to This is the story of Rachel A young Briti...This was an intense read, well researched, well developed story line A brutal history of the Mau Mau struggle against the British colonial powers in Kenya in the 1950s The subject, namely the brutal war, was the actual protagonist with the main character, eighteen year old Rachell Fullsmith, coming in at a close second Upsetting, appalling, shocking, terrible The focus stayed relentlessly on the detail of the massacres of people all over the country The author claimed that only 32 farmers This was an intense read, well researched, well developed story line A brutal history of the Mau Mau struggle against the British colonial powers in Kenya in the 1950s The subject, namely the brutal war, was the actual protagonist with the main character, eighteen year old Rachell Fullsmith, coming in at a close second Upsetting, appalling, shocking, terrible The focus stayed relentlessly on the detail of the massacres of people all over the country The author claimed that only 32 farmers were killed The slaughtering of farmers repeated all over Afri...4 stars to Leopard at the Door The 1950s colonial period in Kenya made for an atmospheric setting, and the author s writing was beautifully descriptive The main character, Rachel, has returned from England to her childhood home of Kenya after six years away, in the midst of the Mau Mau rebellion, and she s found that everything in her former life has changed Secrets are covered up, and true character is revealed along the way McVeigh has a talent for writing incredibly sympathetic, 4 stars to Leopard at the Door The 1950s colonial period in Kenya made for an atmospheric setting, and the author s writing was beautifully des...Can you really come back home Is it always the same or always changed Rachel was returning to her childhood home after being in England for six years and living with her maternal grandparents for schooling after her mother had passed away.Rachel always loved her home in Africa, but coming back didn t seem ...When Rachel Fullsmith loses her mother at the age of 12, she also basically loses her father and her home in Kenya due to her father sending her to boarding school in England When she returns to Kenya 6 years later, she finds that very little remains the same Not only is another woman living with her father, but there is political upheaval taking place The Mau Mau Rebellion was a real life uprising that took place in Kenya in the 1950 s The Kikuyu community has been split apart, some When Rachel Fullsmith loses her mother at the age of 12, she also basically loses her father and her home in Kenya due to her father sending her to boarding school in England When she returns to Kenya 6 years later, she finds that very little remains the same Not only is another woman living with her father, but there is political upheaval taking place The Mau Mau Rebellion was a real life uprising that took place in Kenya in the 1950 s The Kikuyu community has been split apart, some remaining loyal to the British in Kenya and others violently rebelling The violence is even directed at those Kikuyu who refuse to take the Mau Mau oath and who just want to live peacefully Rachel longs to help the Kikuyu but Michael, a Kikuyu who was her teacher when she was little, doesn t always agree with her methods Rachel also has a memory of an incident that occurred when she was a child that she ...Authority is not a substitute for truthMcVeigh has a talent for writing characters you hate Just really fucking hate And not in a fun way More like you want to reach into the book and stab them, but since you can t you re actively wishing they ll somehow die in the pages of the story I noticed this when reading her first book, The Fever Tree They do the stupidest things, or the most loathsome things, and it s SO FRUSTRATING It s physically painful at times to read about the choicesAuthority is not a substitute for truthMcVeigh has a talent for writing characters you hate Just really fucking hate And not in a fun way More like you want to reach into the book and stab them, but since you can t you re actively wishing they ll somehow die in the pages of the story I noticed this when reading her first book, The Fever Tree They do the stupidest things, or the most loathsome things, and it s SO FRUSTRATIN...This is an exciting story and it teaches about Kenya s Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s It is a good book to start with to get a general idea of this civil war.The book depicts the well warranted fear of the isolated English farmers on the edge of the Rift Valley, English imperialistic attitudes, as well as the beauty of Kenyan landscape and flora and fauna.The story is plot oriented and is meant to be exciting The central character is eighteen year old Rachel Fullsmith The year is 1952 She is This is an exciting story and it teaches about Kenya s Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s It is a good book to start with to get a general idea of this civil war.The book depicts the well warranted fear of the isolated English farmers on the edge of the Rift Valley, English imperialistic attitudes, as well as the beauty of Kenyan landscape and flora and fauna.The story is plot oriented and is meant to be exciting The central character is eighteen year old Rachel Fullsmith The year is 1952 She is returning ...This book was great This book was based on a young lady s life growing up in Great Britan when she was born in Affrica She has to deal with the changes in Affrica as Great Britan in cyvalising the contenant.Enjoy and Be Blessed.At the age of twelve, upon the death of her mother, Rachel is sent back to England Having lived in Kenya for most of her life, Rachel does not quite adapt to her new surroundings When she is eighteen, Rachel moves back home Kenya but the situation is far from the idyllic childhood she remembers There is another woman in her house, the political atmosphere is heavily charged and the secret Rachel has been harboring threatens her very safety The background for this novel is Kenya and the Mau At the age of twelve, upon the death of her mother, Rachel is sent back to England Having lived in Kenya for most of her life, Rachel does not quite a...

Leopard at the Door
  • 02 June 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 400 pages
  • 0399158251
  • Jennifer McVeigh
  • Leopard at the Door