Cheetah's Tale, A (1st ed. Sept. 17)

We are delighted to be publishing this charmingautobiographical tale from Princess Michael of Kent whichtells of a girl growing up and the incredible bond that can existbetween people and animals. Beautifully written by a naturalstoryteller and packed with fabulous photographs, it is also awonderful portrait of Africa – the cheetah version of Born Free– and will delight readers worldwide.In the early 1960s, Marie Christine von Reibnitz (who wouldlater become HRH Princess Michael of Kent) lived with herfather on his farm in Mozambique. Then just a teenager,Princess Michael was entranced by the African landscape, by the wildlife and by thepeople she met. It was one of the happiest times of her life and she recounts that itwas an orphaned cheetah cub (called Tess) who played a huge part in making it so. Therelationship between the young Princess Michael and Tess, whom she hand-reared andlater successfully released into the wild having trained her to hunt and survive on herown, will touch every reader’s heart.Vivid, moving and hugely engaging, replete with anecdotes and hair-raising encounters,this is a major natural history autobiography.