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020			_a9781838851170
100			_aMengiste, Maaza _97180
245		0	_aShadow King/ _cMaaza Mengiste
260			_bCanongate Books; _c2020
300			_a448p; _c20x14cm
520			_aWith 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 mobilize 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?
546			_aEnglish
650			_aHistorical fiction _97181
650			_aPN3311-3503 Literature (General)- Prose. Prose Fiction
651			_aEthiopia-Italy _97182
942			_cBK
999			_c4959 _d4959