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The wife's tale : a personal history Aida Edemariam

By: Publication details: London : 4th Estate, c2019. Description: xiii, 314 p. : maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780007459629
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 963.043092 AI WI
Summary: In about 1916, a girl was born in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. Over the next century a feudal empress gave way to an all-powerful emperor, Mussolini invaded, the Allies bombed the streets of her childhood. Empire was swept away by revolution, and then by civil war -- and through it, all she raised a family, laughed with them and then fought for them, through cities and law courts, and ultimately before Emperor Hail S̀ˆelassie himself. The Wife's Tale is an intimate biography of a rich, often misunderstood country, and of a quietly heroic life.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 963.043092 AI WI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available June2019 T0062375

In about 1916, a girl was born in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. Over the next century a feudal empress gave way to an all-powerful emperor, Mussolini invaded, the Allies bombed the streets of her childhood. Empire was swept away by revolution, and then by civil war -- and through it, all she raised a family, laughed with them and then fought for them, through cities and law courts, and ultimately before Emperor Hail S̀ˆelassie himself. The Wife's Tale is an intimate biography of a rich, often misunderstood country, and of a quietly heroic life.

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