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Denys George Finch-Hatton MC (24 April 1887 – 14 May 1931) was a British aristocratic big-game hunter and the lover of Baroness Karen von Blixen (also known by her pen name, Isak Dinesen), a Danish noblewoman who wrote about him in her autobiographical book Out of Africa, first published in 1937. In the book, his name is hyphenated: "Finch ...
Jul 14, 2009 · Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton. Paperback – July 14, 2009. A champion of Africa, legendary for his good looks, his charm, and his prowess as a soldier, lover, and hunter, Denys Finch Hatton inspired Karen Blixen to write the unforgettable Out of Africa.
Mar 16, 2014 · Denys died in his Gypsy Moth in 1931, and in unexplained circumstances. He was taking off from the airstrip down in Voi in southern Kenya when his craft exploded. He and his Kikuyu co-pilot were killed. Denys was forty four. View towards Nairobi from Denys Finch Hatton’s Grave, and overlooking another Kikuyu smallholding. *
Jan 8, 2021 · Ninety years ago, the most famous dandy in the history of British Africa died in Kenya when his plane crashed with his loyal servant Kamau. His name was Denys Finch Hatton and, made famous by Karen Blixen's famous novel 'My Africa', he looks like the actor Robert Redford in the collective imagination. In reality, Finch Hatton was not so ...
Mar 2, 2006 · Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton. Sara Wheeler. 3.80. 897 ratings118 reviews. Denys Finch Hatton was adored by women and idolized by men.
Apr 29, 2007 · The story of Denys Finch Hatton, aristocrat, swashbuckling lion slayer and bewitcher of women.
Denys was a big-game hunter (later photographer), adventurer and settler in Kenya who was awarded the Military Cross in the First World War. He was part of the Happy Valley Set in Kenya in the 1920s, where he is most famous for his affair with Baroness Karen Blixen.
Intriguingly aloof, devastatingly charming, equally comfortable facing down charging game, discussing literature or enjoying fine wine (which he always seemed to have on hand), Denys Finch Hatton seems the perfect embodiment of the age of gentleman explorers.
May 18, 2007 · Denys Finch Hatton lived life on his own terms. Tall and handsome, with a devilishly crooked smile, he was famously irresistible to women and equally unable to commit to any of them.
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Sara Wheeler recreates the life of one of the key figures in the mythic story of British settlers in East Africa. Finch Hatton was a soldier, a white hunter, a farmer, a pilot, the epitome of...
