The Emperor

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The Emperor

Wydawnictwo: Penguin

ISBN: 978-01-4191-075-8

ISBN bez myślników: 9780141910758

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 192

Data wydania: 2006-06-01

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

The Emperor

Wydawnictwo: penguin_classics

ISBN: 978-01-4118-803-4

ISBN bez myślników: 9780141188034

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 192

Data wydania: 2006-06-01

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

The Emperor

Wydawnictwo: Vintage

ISBN: 978-06-7972-203-8

ISBN bez myślników: 9780679722038

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 176

Data wydania: 1989-03-13

Język: angielski (Stany Zjednoczone)

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The Emperor

Ryszard Kapuściński

Pierwsze wydanie: 2006-06-01

After the deposition 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 tell 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. They describe his inexorable downfall as the Ethiopian military approach, strange omens appear in the sky and courtiers vanish, until only the Emperor and his valet remain in the deserted palace, awaiting their fate. 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.