The Shadow King [electronic resource]
Maaza Mengiste2019
eBook
Find it!
'DEVASTATING' Marlon James, 'A MODERN CLASSIC' Andrew Sean Greer, 'INCREDIBLE'
Lemn Sissay, 'BRILLIANT' Salman Rushdie, 'MAGNIFICIENT' Aminatta Forna, 'EPIC'
Mary Morris, 'WONDERFUL' Laila Lalami, 'POWERFUL' Cosmopolitan, 'REMARKABLE' New
York Times ETHIOPIA. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently
orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid. Her new employer,
Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilise his
strongest men before the Italians invade. Hirut and the other women long to do
more than care for the wounded and bury the dead. When Emperor Haile Selassie
goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope, it is Hirut who offers a plan
to maintain morale. She helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon
becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms. But how could she have
predicted her own personal war, still to come, as a prisoner of one of Italy's
most vicious officers? The Shadow Kin...
Main title:
The Shadow King [electronic resource] / Maaza Mengiste
Author:
Maaza Mengiste, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Canongate Books, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781838851187
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
428537
Electronic access:
More Information:
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
---|---|---|---|
Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |