Africa House

Christina Lamb's The Africa House is a best-selling account of an English gentleman and his dream to create a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia during the last decades of the British Empire. Inspired by the grand homes of England, Stewart Gore-Brown's sprawling country estate boasted uniformed servants, daily parades, and even rose gardens. He longed to share this idyllic life with the love of his life, the unconventional Ethel Locke King - a pioneering woman who could drive and fly. Despite being nearly twenty years his senior and already married (to his aunt, no less), Gore-Brown found himself drawn to Lorna, the only other woman he had ever cared for. But when he meets Lorna's orphaned daughter, who resembles her mother in every way, he finally finds companionship and perhaps even love. However, the isolated Africa House is Gore-Brown's dream, and sharing it may prove to be a difficult task. The book offers a fascinating glimpse into the world