Source: The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE was an author, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyrical books, The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard, based on her youth in a coffee farm in British Kenya. Her husband, Gervas Huxley, was a grandson of Thomas Huxley and a cousin of Aldous Huxley. Wikipedia
Source: The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood