{"product_id":"the-white-highlands-and-the-n-w-martin-9798233096372","title":"The White Highlands and the Mau Mau With the Rucks, Leakeys, and Kikuyu Freedom Fighters, 1952-1961","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe arrived in Kenya as a Princess and left as a Queen.\u003cbr\u003eIn February 1952, \u003cstrong\u003e Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of England\u003c\/strong\u003e traveled to colonial Kenya with her husband, \u003cstrong\u003e Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh\u003c\/strong\u003e. While staying at Treetops in the Aberdare Range, history changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 6 February 1952, her father, \u003cstrong\u003e His Majesty King George VI, King \u003c\/strong\u003eof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, died at Sandringham. Elizabeth learned of his death in Kenya and was proclaimed Queen while still in the colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Kenya itself was already at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Mau Mau Emergency spread, violence reached deep into the White Highlands. In 1953, settlers \u003cstrong\u003eRoger Ruck, his wife Esme, and their young son Michael were killed \u003c\/strong\u003ein a Mau Mau attack, shocking the colonial community and hardening the conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon after, \u003cstrong\u003eMary Leakey was murdered \u003c\/strong\u003eduring a raid on her farm. Her husband, \u003cstrong\u003e Arundell Leakey, was abducted\u003c\/strong\u003e and later killed in the forest, an act that spread fear far beyond the immediate violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom royal ceremony to rural terror, this book traces: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rise of \u003cstrong\u003eMau Mau resistance and the brutal attacks on isolated settler families\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish counterinsurgency operations and \u003cstrong\u003emass detentions\u003c\/strong\u003e that reshaped Kenyan society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperation Anvil (1954)\u003c\/strong\u003e and the sealing of Nairobi in one of the largest security sweeps of the Emergency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eHola Camp killings (1959)\u003c\/strong\u003e that exposed imperial brutality and shattered Britain's moral authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slow collapse of British control in Kenya, as empire gave way to independence\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for fans of\u003cstrong\u003e The Flame Trees of Thika and Out of Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e, and anyone captivated by sweeping historical drama, fierce resistance, and the human stories behind a nation's rebirth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet your copy today and step into the heart of Kenya's turbulent history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e N. W. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233096372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e N.W. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"N. W. Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520246264063,"sku":"9798233096372","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e6c703b-9829-47c0-8a3b-7910d950bc7b.jpg?v=1778741605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-white-highlands-and-the-n-w-martin-9798233096372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}