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The Emperor

by Ryszard Kapuscinski - £8.99  Penguin Books (2006)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780141188034 | ISBN 10: 0141188030

After the fall of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to listen to their stories.
 
Here, their eloquent and ironic voices depict the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the rituals, hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler who maintained absolute power over his impoverished people.
 
Dramatic and mesmerising, The Emperor is one of the great works of reportage and a haunting epitaph on the last moments of a dying regime.

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