Juanita Carberry spent her childhood in the 1920s and 1930s on a beautiful Kenyan coffee farm. Brought up by black servants and white governesses, much of her time was spent riding, and with the tamed wild animals on the estate. This was the White Mischief era, when parents were busy partying and children lived their own hidden lives. But the less innocent adult life began to encroach on her African idyll. At fifteen Juanita became involved in the Lord Erroll affair: she is the only person to whom Delves Broughton confessed ...
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Juanita Carberry spent her childhood in the 1920s and 1930s on a beautiful Kenyan coffee farm. Brought up by black servants and white governesses, much of her time was spent riding, and with the tamed wild animals on the estate. This was the White Mischief era, when parents were busy partying and children lived their own hidden lives. But the less innocent adult life began to encroach on her African idyll. At fifteen Juanita became involved in the Lord Erroll affair: she is the only person to whom Delves Broughton confessed to the murder of Lord Erroll. Juanita's story reveals the darkness behind the glittering White Mischief society.
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