Lost Lion of Empire

Ewart Grogan dubbed “the boldest and baddest of a bold, bad gang” of pioneering settlers in Kenya, was a gentleman adventurer possessed of magnetic charm, a formidable intellect and a near boundless ego. As a young man he fell in with an heiress, and to prove himself worthy of his hand, he undertook the first south-to-north traverse of the African continent, This epic feat of exploration, which won him both his bride and instant celebrity, was the first great achievement of a life driven by immense ambition and a willingness to risk all on ventures deemed impossible by lesser mortals. Famed throughout the British Empire, he became one of the most brilliant – and controversial – figures of African colonial history.