Stanley Hotel, Nairobi film "The Ghost and the Darkness", also found his inspiration while staying at the Stanley. Elspeth Huxley, author of "The Flame Trees of Thika", "The Mottled Lizard", "Red Strangers", and other books, frequented the Stanley Hotel and used it as a setting for several of her works. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", a 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway, takes place at the New Stanley Hotel. In 1947, it was adapted into "The Macomber Affair", a film starring Gregory Peck and Joan Bennett, which was shot at the hotel. Citations Sources Stanley Hotel, Nairobi The Stanley Hotel (currently
152 mm /53 Italian naval gun Models 1926 and 1929 was able to fire: Surviving examples of Model 1929 guns salvaged from the Cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli are located at the "Città della Domenica" theme and amusement park near Perugia, in Italy. 152 mm /53 Italian naval gun Models 1926 and 1929 The 152 mm /53 Model 1926–1929 were built for the Italian Navy in the years before World War II. These guns were used on all Condottieri-class light cruisers except the "Duca degli Abruzzi-class". The Model 1926 was designed and manufactured by Ansaldo, while the Model 1929 was manufactured by OTO Melara. Although both models of gun were similar in