The Prince and the Plunder (eBook)

How Britain took one small boy and hundreds of treasures from Ethiopia

Andrew Heavens (Autor)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-1-80399-090-3 (ISBN)

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'Extraordinary and thrilling ... This story should be known to every man, woman and child' - Lemn Sissay 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 Alamayu - and brought the boy back with them to the cold shores of England. For the first time, Andrew Heavens tells the whole story of Alamayu, 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. A story of adventure, trauma and tragedy, The Prince and the Plunder is also a tale for our times, as we re-examine Britain's past, pull down statues of imperial grandees and look for other figures to commemorate and celebrate in their place.

ANDREW HEAVENS has worked for newspapers and press agencies for almost thirty years, including six years as a reporter and photographer in Ethiopia and Sudan. He grew up in Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt, and lives in London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.6.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: 1868 • Addis Ababa • afromet • alemayehu • alice proctor • battle of magdala • Benin Bronzes • British colonialism • British Expedition to Abyssinia • British Museum • captain speedy • dan hicks • Darwin • elgin marbles|westminster abbey • Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia • emperor theodore • Ethiopia • ethiopian embassy • Ethiopian Empire, Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, emperor theodore, addis ababa, battle of magdala • ethiopian history • How Britain stole one small boy and 1453 treasures from Ethiopia • How Britain stole one small boy and 1453 treasures from Ethiopia, victorian britain, Ethiopia, Ethiopian history, british colonialism, 1868, invasion of ethiopia, British Expedition to Abyssinia, british museum, captain speedy, alemayehu, queen victoria, darwin, victorian imperialism, elgin marbles • invasion of Ethiopia • magdala loot • magdala treasure • prince alamayu • punitive expedition|Ethiopian Empire • Queen Victoria • The Association for the Return of the Magdala Ethiopian Treasures • the brutish museums • The Whole Picture • Victorian Britain • Victorian imperialism • westminster abbey, the whole picture, alice proctor, the brutish museums, dan hicks, benin bronzes, prince alamayu, magdala loot, magdala treasure, william randolph hearst, afromet, The Association for the Return of the Magdala Ethiopian Treasures, ethiopian embassy, punitive expedition • William Randolph Hearst
• ISBN-10: 1-80399-090-2 / 1803990902
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80399-090-3 / 9781803990903