Horizon Fever 1: Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary expedition through Africa, 1931-1935

Not only was A E Filby a famous British explorer, but he was also my Uncle Archie. He died before I was born, but his unpublished manuscript, 'Horizon Fever', and many scrapbooks, survived. Proclaimed "the World's most travelled motorist", A E Filby undertook some breathtaking expeditions, including his 37,000-mile journey from London to Cape Town and back in a series of dilapidated motorcars.

Horizon Fever is an honest, colourful, often shocking account; a snapshot of bygone days and attitu...