When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia. Compelled by the description of Cripps' extraordinary life in Africa, Sheers embarks on a journey through contemporary Zimbabwe in an attempt to better understand his ancestor's devotion to the country and its people and the dramatic, often bloody, differences that echo across the years.
| ISBN: | 9780571210268 |
| Publication date: | 3rd March 2005 |
| Author: | Owen Sheers |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Family history, tracing ancestors Biographies & Autobiographies |