| The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat Contributor(s): Kapuscinski, Ryszard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679722033 ISBN-13: 9780679722038 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1989 Annotation: this is Kapuscinski's rendition of Selassie's servants and closest associates accounts- humorous, frightening, sad, grotesque- of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered between hunger and starvation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.1" W x 8.12" (0.41 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 "sensitive, powerful. . .history" (The New York Review of Books) is Kapuscinski's rendition of their accounts--humorous, frightening, sad, groteque--of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered netween hunger and starvation. |