{"product_id":"the-emperor-downfall-of-an-autocrat-paperback","title":"The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyszard Kapuscinski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"sensitive, powerful ... history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books)\u003c\/i\u003e of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered netween hunger and starvation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaile 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyszard Kapuscinski\u003c\/b\u003e, Poland's most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932 in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus) and spent four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eImperium, Another Day of Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Soccer War\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into 28 languages. Kapuscinski died in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.12 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756897698080,"sku":"9780679722038","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d1ecd7e4474bd2800a297bade6234307.webp?v=1780088658","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-emperor-downfall-of-an-autocrat-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}