The Emperor (book)

The Emperor (book)

infobox Book |
name = The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat
title_orig = "CESARZ"
translator = William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand


author = Ryszard Kapuściński
cover_artist =
country = Poland
language = Polish
series =
genre = Non-fiction/Literature
publisher = Vintage International
release_date = 1978
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 164
isbn = ISBN 0-679-72203-3
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat", published in 1978, is Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński's analysis of the decline and fall of Haile Selassie's regime in Ethiopia. In 1974, while the Ethiopian Army was still busy consolidating power, Kapuściński "traveled to Ethiopia to seek out and interview Selassie's servants and closest associates on how the Emperor had ruled and why he fell." [http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0679722033] In large part, the book is a study of the workings of a royal court.


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