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stevensquirrels 's review for:
The Illustrated West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This is one of the most beautifully written books I’ve read. Markham balances a lyrical reverence for the natural world with an utterly unsentimental respect for its random beauty and brutality.
Beryl is very much a product of the Colonial English occupation in Africa and her views can be somewhat startling.
Still - she is fascinating and this book raises so many questions.
Her love of Africa, training racing-horses and love of flying define the memoir. Define her passion. Interestingly, she never mentions, even in passing, her 3 husbands and child, that she took two princes as lovers (one eventually becoming King) and was generally in the same orbit as the great and the good. Her time in the UK and America are brushed past. Instead she has defined her narrative (again, with exemplary skill) as she chose.
Beryl is very much a product of the Colonial English occupation in Africa and her views can be somewhat startling.
Still - she is fascinating and this book raises so many questions.
Her love of Africa, training racing-horses and love of flying define the memoir. Define her passion. Interestingly, she never mentions, even in passing, her 3 husbands and child, that she took two princes as lovers (one eventually becoming King) and was generally in the same orbit as the great and the good. Her time in the UK and America are brushed past. Instead she has defined her narrative (again, with exemplary skill) as she chose.