The Emperor

Name: The Emperor
Author: Ryszard Kapuscinski

by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Account of Ethiopia's last emperor Haile Selassie and his downfall

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Ryszard Kapuscinski

Polish journalist and author whose literary reportage from Africa, Asia, and the Soviet empire is among the finest non-fiction of the 20th century. The Emperor and Shah of Shahs blur the line between journalism and literature.

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