Sophy Roberts
Praise for A Training School for Elephants
History and travelogue combine wonderfully in this tale of colonial plunder and hubris…Sophy Roberts’ luminous new book is a journey through Africa from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika and back, retracing ...
Guardian
Roberts writes elegantly and empathetically and part of the book's power is seeing through her astute eyes the bleak and strange fate of so many magnificent elephants.
Independent
Roberts brings to immediate life the bizarre and long-forgotten story of Belgian king Leopold II's plan to train elephants in Africa that would help plunder its resources. A deeply-researched and smoothly-written bl ...
Luke Pepera, author of Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity
History and travelogue combine wonderfully in this tale of colonial plunder and hubris…Sophy Roberts’ luminous new book is a journey through Africa from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika and back, retracing ...
Guardian
Roberts writes elegantly and empathetically and part of the book's power is seeing through her astute eyes the bleak and strange fate of so many magnificent elephants.
Independent
Roberts brings to immediate life the bizarre and long-forgotten story of Belgian king Leopold II's plan to train elephants in Africa that would help plunder its resources. A deeply-researched and smoothly-written bl ...
Luke Pepera, author of Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity
History and travelogue combine wonderfully in this tale of colonial plunder and hubris…Sophy Roberts’ luminous new book is a journey through Africa from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika and back, retracing ...
Guardian
Roberts writes elegantly and empathetically and part of the book's power is seeing through her astute eyes the bleak and strange fate of so many magnificent elephants.
Independent
Roberts brings to immediate life the bizarre and long-forgotten story of Belgian king Leopold II's plan to train elephants in Africa that would help plunder its resources. A deeply-researched and smoothly-written bl ...
Luke Pepera, author of Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity
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Meet the author: Sophy Roberts
The ever-adventurous writer behind The Lost Pianos of Siberia opens up about her incredible writing life, from heeding Doctor Dolittle’s advice to hearing Bach on the Mongolian Steppe.