About the Author

Elleke Boehmer is Hildred Carlile Professor in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of many books and articles on postcolonial writing and theory. She has also written short stories and three novels, most recently Bloodlines.

Reviews

`'very good fun''
Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
`'Elleke Boehmer's erudite introduction makes you wish she would get around to writing a full-length biogaphy of the first Chief Scout''
William Cook, New Statesman
`'a gem of a contemporary source''
Living History
`'the value of Elleke Boehmer's well-annotated text of the original edition is to show us the anxieties, contradictions and excitements of the Boy Scout movement at its inception''
Alan Hollinghurst, Guardian
`'a gripping read''
The Oldie