Emperor Downfall of an Autocrat

Name: Emperor Downfall of an Autocrat
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ISBN: 9780679722038

ISBN-10: 0679722033

ISBN-13: 9780679722038

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ryszard Kapuscinski, William R. Brand, Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand

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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.

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/13/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.23" wide x 7.97" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Ryszard Kapuscinski was born in 1932. His books have been translated into 19 languages. He lives in Warsaw.