The prince and the plunder : how Britain took one small boy and hundreds of treasures from Ethiopia
Heavens, Andrew2023
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In 1868, British troops charged into the mountain empire of Ethiopia, stormed the citadel of its monarch Tewodros II and grabbed piles of his treasures and sacred manuscripts. They also took his son - six-year-old Prince Alemayehu - and brought the boy back with them to the cold shores of England. For the first time, Andrew Heavens tells the whole story of Alemayehu, from his early days in his father's fortress on the roof of Africa to his new home across the seas, where he charmed Queen Victoria, chatted with Lord Tennyson and travelled with his towering red-headed guardian Captain Speedy. The orphan prince was celebrated but stereotyped and never allowed to go home. The book also follows the loot - Ethiopia's 'Elgin Marbles' - and tracks it down to its current hiding places in bank vaults, museum store cupboards and a boarded-up cavity in Westminster Abbey.
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Author:
Heavens, Andrew, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
xv, 272 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750997362 (hbk)
Dewey class:
963.042092920 ALA
LC class:
DT387.34.A536
Language:
English
Subject:
Alamayu, Prince of Abyssinia, 1861-1879Art thefts -- Ethiopia -- History -- 19th centuryPrinces -- Ethiopia -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- EthiopiaEthiopia -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainEthiopia -- History -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901HistoryBiography
BRN:
3112237
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