"THE GREEN FIELDS OF AFRICA opened up a whole period I had forgotten and a whole society of which I knew nothing, and took me deep inside it. You must have dug well into some period of adventure as it comes so freshly off the page."      Ned Sherrin

A historical love story set in the vast sweep of East African scenery, half a century ago.

A young European woman, born locally, regards herself as African, and a young National Service officer, newly posted to a Scots-Irish Commando; meet and fall in love.

Tension intensifies as he soon realises that she will never leave Africa, and he cannot stay. It is the time of isolated farms, threatened by roving Mau-Mau gangs, and of teeming wildlife.

There are vivid descriptions of bush warfare and the magnificent and unique scenery of Kenya. The author shows a deep knowledge and love of the African wilderness.  There are also descriptions of the horror and bloodshed of the struggle against the Mau Mau gangs

Can they overcome the difficulties that face them in order to have a future together?

"This fills a gap in our understanding of the situations which arose as Europeans were faced with a tragedy which was to become all too familiar in Africa, involving the abandoning of farms and homesteads in the face of terrorists.
The book gives a fair account of the contemporary problems, and exhibits a deep understanding of Africa and African traditions. There are wonderful descriptions of African scenes from the dense lowland bush to the eerie uplands on the slopes of Mount Kenya."
Mike Jones: Mars& Minerva magazine

The author Peter Ryan M.A. (Oxon) has had a career in business and the United Nations in Africa, UK, Austria, USSR, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean. He was commissioned in 33rd Airborne Artillery Regiment and later served in the 21st Special Air Service Regiment. In 1972, after a business career in Africa and Europe, he joined the newly-formed United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, UNIDO, in Vienna, Austria. He worked as a diplomat mainly in East Africa, Middle East, S.E. Asia and Latin America, and during the1980s established Industrial Development Corporations across the Middle East. He speaks five languages including Ki-Swahili.

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Published in paperback by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie
ISBN  1 843862 04 2