{"product_id":"9780750997362-prince-the-plunder","title":"The Prince and the Plunder","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Britain took one small boy and hundreds of treasures from EthiopiaHow Britain Took One Small Boy and Hundreds of Treasures from Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart revisionist history, part treasure hunt, this is the forgotten story of Ethiopia's 'Elgin Marbles' and a young prince taken out of Africa to live in Victorian Britain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Extraordinary and thrilling . This story should be known to every man, woman and child'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e - Lemn Sissay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story of adventure, trauma and tragedy, \u003cem\u003eThe Prince and the Plunder\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40686754857057,"sku":"9780750997362","price":22.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30107074.jpg?v=1726732798","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780750997362-prince-the-plunder","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}