Esmond Bradley Martin was a man out of his time. Tall and dapper, moneyed and mannered: those who knew the 76-year-old say he lived as if in a bygone era. He preferred a fountain pen to a computer keyboard and adored opera and antiques. A seam of old-world style ran through him right down to the china cups he took tea out of at 5pm when his work investigating the illegal ivory and rhino-horn trade was finished – for the day, because Martin deemed it never done.
Unmistakable in any case due to a shock of white candy-floss hair, he was known in the wealthy gated community where he lived in Nairobi for his tailored suits and silk pocket squares.
Home was a stucco-pillared mansion and the surrounding…
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