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The emperor : downfall of an autocrat /

While Ethiopia collapsed around him in 1975, Kapuscinski travelled throughout the country listening to stories of the recently dead Supreme Emperor Haile Selassie by the servants and associates that had surrounded him. The Polish journalist transforms these interviews into a powerful narrative of hi...

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Main Authors: Kapuściński, Ryszard
Group Author: Brand, William R; Mroczkowska-Brand, Katarzyna, 1950; Ascherson, Neal
Published: Penguin,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Polish
Series: Penguin modern classics
Subjects:
Haile Selassie > I, > Emperor of Ethiopia, > 1892-1975
Ethiopia > History > Revolution, 1974
Ethiopia > Kings and rulers > Biography
Summary: While Ethiopia collapsed around him in 1975, Kapuscinski travelled throughout the country listening to stories of the recently dead Supreme Emperor Haile Selassie by the servants and associates that had surrounded him. The Polish journalist transforms these interviews into a powerful narrative of high living and unimaginable abuse by the ancient regime.
Item Description: This translation originally published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.
Carrier Form: xii, 164 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9780141188034 (paperback) :
0141188030 (paperback)
Index Number: DT387
CLC: K834.217
Call Number: K834.217/H151K

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