The Fannin Papers
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9966720421 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Armed with an invitation from the Viceroy and an antiquarian guidebook to Abyssinia, she gathered vital information for British Intelligence. The Fannin Papers is an illuminating, fascinating and poignant story of a determined woman whose life touched an important moment of history and whose writings evoke a lost era.. Her maps, details of military installations and reports of conditions proved invaluable in the Abyssinian Campaign of 1941. A fearless, independent, unconventional woman, Mrs Fanninn was also a talented journalist, whose writings on Africa remain fresh and direct to this day. This biography on Katharine Fannin's life recaptures some of the glamour and excitement of the colonial period in East Africa. Katharine Fannin is chiefly remembered for her two journeys in 1938 and 1939 across Italian East Africa. She lived in Mombasa for many years and her coastal viewpoint provides a different angle on Kenyan history
She has written widely on coastal history, art and architecture and was involved in the conservation program for Old Town Mombasa. She now lives in Kent in the United Kingdom. Judy Aldrick lived in Mombasa for 22 years and was a founder member of the Friends of Fort Jesus.
And it is very readable, with nice flashes of humour. She was also instrumental in founding the K.S.P.C.A Katharine spent eighteen days driving though Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia and Eritrea in 1938 on her way to England and made a return trip in Feb 1939 as an unofficial spy for the British. All source material is well documented in the endnotes (and as the notes are numbered sequentially for the book as a whole, rather than chapter by chapter, it is easy to find the note, or vice-versa the number in the text). Accounts of adventurous trips and camping safaris make present day safaris sound extremely tame. Equally importantly, Aldrick has filled in the social and political background so The Fannin Papers are truly, as the