![]() It's not clear what he ever did to merit a biography of his own. He certainly glittered in his none-too-bright social circle, but he made little impact on the wider world and was always selfish, putting his interests before anyone else's. Karen compared him to d'Artagnan and Beryl thought him like Voltaire. ![]() ![]() In truth, though, both women tended to romanticise Denys, investing him with heroic qualities that were not always apparent in real life. In her autobiography, West With the Night, she, too, wrote warmly of Denys, remembering him as a man of great charm and intellect, a view that seems to have been almost universal among people who knew him. Beryl later became the first person to fly the Atlantic solo from east to west, a remarkable feat against the prevailing headwinds. ![]() Denys was also the lover of Beryl Markham, another Kenya pioneer and former mistress of the Duke of Gloucester. ![]()
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