The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Vintage, 1989
- Softcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Fair
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This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.
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- Title
- The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat
- Author
- Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0679722033
- ISBN 13
- 9780679722038
A "sensitive, powerful ... history" (The New York Review of Books) of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered netween hunger and starvation.
Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Elect of God, Lion of Judah, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, reigned from 1930 until he was overthrown by the army in 1974. While the fighting still raged, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland's leading foreign correspondent, traveled to Ethiopia to seek out and interview Selassie's servants and closest associates on how the Emperor had ruled and why he fell. This is Kapuscinski's rendition of their accounts--humorous, frightening, sad, groteque.
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