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Author Ricca, Brad, author.

Title Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey into the heart of Africa / Brad Ricca.

Publication Info. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  LARGE PRINT BIOGRAPHY MACLEOD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  LP BIO MACLEOD    DUE 04-27-24
Edition Large print edition.
Description 577 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Physical Medium large print (16 point) rdafs
Series Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir
Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-564).
Contents Dear reader -- Prologue -- The fairy flag -- The party girl and the naturalist -- Leviathan -- The arrival -- The protectorate -- A correspondence, Part 1 -- On the hunt -- The great Lambino -- Devil in the forest -- A correspondence, part 2 -- Into the swamp -- The two lakes -- The man-leopard -- A correspondence, part 3 -- A painting on a wall -- Fort Lamy -- A correspondence, part 4 -- The wanderer -- The great Gauaronga, part 1 -- The great Gauaronga, part 2 -- The French report -- Valkyrie -- The lake of loneliness -- The pilgrim to the stone -- The road -- Decision in Fika -- Poisoned arrow -- Mr. Charles Temple -- The fate of Olive MacLeod -- The lighthouse -- Epilogue: The last king of Dar Fur.
Summary In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a thirty-year-old redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So, she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing journey--and her awakening to the real reason why she travelled to Africa in the first place. Drawing on Olive's own letters and secret diaries, Olive the Lionheart is a love story that defies all boundaries, set against the backdrop of a beautiful, unconquerable Africa.
Subject Africa -- Description and travel.
Temple, O. (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Travel -- Africa.
Temple, O. (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Correspondence.
Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910 -- Correspondence.
Women explorers -- Africa -- Biography.
Africa -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Temple, O. (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Friends and associates.
Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945 -- Travel -- Africa.
London (England) -- Biography.
Large type books.
Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910. (OCoLC)fst01681935
Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945. (OCoLC)fst00002372
Temple, O. (Olive), 1880-1936. (OCoLC)fst01556553
Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
Women explorers. (OCoLC)fst01177666
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Large type books.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Personal correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01919948
Travel writing. (OCoLC)fst01919983
Personal correspondence.
Travel writing.
Biographies.
ISBN 9781432884772 (large print ; hardcover)
1432884778 (large print ; hardcover)
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