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Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa, Brad Ricca
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- Summary
- " 'Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full of adventure and acts of courage, it's hard to believe she actually lived. And yet she did! Brad Ricca has found a heroine for the ages, and written her tale with a winning combination of accuracy and imagination.' --author Paula McLain. From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiancé, and the adventure that ensues. 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. In jungles, swamps, cities, and deserts, Olive and her two companions, the Talbots, come face-to-face with cobras and crocodiles, wise native chiefs, a murderous leopard cult, a haunted forest, and even two adorable lion cubs that she adopts as her own. Making her way in a pair of ill-fitting boots, Olive awakens to the many forces around her, from shadowy colonial powers to an invisible Islamic warlord who may hold the key to Boyd's disappearance. As these secrets begin to unravel, all of Olive's assumptions prove wrong and she is forced to confront the darkest, most shocking secret of all: why she really came 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 381 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250207012
- Label
- Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa
- Title
- Olive the Lionheart
- Title remainder
- lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Brad Ricca
- Title variation
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- Lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa
- Olive the lion heart
- Subject
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- Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910 -- Correspondence
- London (England) -- Biography
- Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945 -- Travel -- Africa
- Temple, O., (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Correspondence
- Africa -- Description and travel
- Temple, O., (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Travel -- Africa
- Women explorers -- Africa -- Biography
- Temple, O., (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Friends and associates
- Africa -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- " 'Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full of adventure and acts of courage, it's hard to believe she actually lived. And yet she did! Brad Ricca has found a heroine for the ages, and written her tale with a winning combination of accuracy and imagination.' --author Paula McLain. From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiancé, and the adventure that ensues. 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. In jungles, swamps, cities, and deserts, Olive and her two companions, the Talbots, come face-to-face with cobras and crocodiles, wise native chiefs, a murderous leopard cult, a haunted forest, and even two adorable lion cubs that she adopts as her own. Making her way in a pair of ill-fitting boots, Olive awakens to the many forces around her, from shadowy colonial powers to an invisible Islamic warlord who may hold the key to Boyd's disappearance. As these secrets begin to unravel, all of Olive's assumptions prove wrong and she is forced to confront the darkest, most shocking secret of all: why she really came 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ricca, Brad
- Dewey number
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- 916.04/312092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT12
- LC item number
- .R48 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Temple, O.
- Temple, O.
- Africa
- Alexander, Boyd
- Women explorers
- Africa
- Temple, O.
- Talbot, Percy Amaury
- London (England)
- Label
- Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa, Brad Ricca
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1182630867
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 381 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250207012
- Lccn
- 2020010731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1182630867
- Label
- Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa, Brad Ricca
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1182630867
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 381 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250207012
- Lccn
- 2020010731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1182630867
Subject
- Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910 -- Correspondence
- London (England) -- Biography
- Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945 -- Travel -- Africa
- Temple, O., (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Correspondence
- Africa -- Description and travel
- Temple, O., (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Travel -- Africa
- Women explorers -- Africa -- Biography
- Temple, O., (Olive), 1880-1936 -- Friends and associates
- Africa -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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