000			01207nam a2200169 4500
020			_a9781838851170
082			_a813.6 _bMEN/S
100			_aMengiste, Maaza
245			_aThe shadow king
260			_aEdinburgh _bCanongate Books _c2019
300			_a428p.
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 mobilise 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? The Shadow King is a gorgeously crafted and unputdownable exploration of female power, and what it means to be a woman at war.
650			_aMilitary campaigns
650			_aWomen
650			_aEthiopia
942			_cBK
999			_c63047 _d63047