Description
The relationship between the young Princess Michael and Tess, whom she hand-reared and later successfully released into the wild having trained her to hunt and survive on her own, will touch every reader’s heart. The events of that period have remained with Princess Michael for the rest of her life and in A Cheetah’s Tale she recalls not just the tale of Tess, but also the realities of life in Africa: from waking up in the middle of the night to find her father had just shot a lioness that was about to eat her to discovering a deadly Black Mamba curled up inside the loo! Tess was the inspiration for Princess Michael’s lifelong interest in cheetah conservation and the epilogue covers some of her work as Patron of the Endangered Species Centre in South Africa and of the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. “Beautifully written and vividly recalled, this story is immensely touching and illuminating; her descriptions of Africa are fresh and painterly. I loved it” – Joanna Lumley. “A cautionary tale of Africa’s most beautiful and rarest of big cats” – Wilbur Smith. Signed by Her Royal Highness in support of Save The Valletta Skyline Appeal. Hardback. Published by Bradt Travel Guides 2017
