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454 pages • first pub 1984 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394542225
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
"Half-man, half-snake" was how the Emperor Haile Selassie was described by one of his most ferocious rivals, the eunuch Balcha, who had commanded the artillery at the battle of Adowa where the first Italian invasion of Ethiopia was bloodily repuls...
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454 pages • first pub 1984 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394542225
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
"Half-man, half-snake" was how the Emperor Haile Selassie was described by one of his most ferocious rivals, the eunuch Balcha, who had commanded the artillery at the battle of Adowa where the first Italian invasion of Ethiopia was bloodily repuls...