{"product_id":"9781838851170-the-shadow-king","title":"The Shadow King","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020, this is an utterly captivating novel about female strength. Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/i\u003e casts a light on the women soldiers written out of African history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, ELLE, TIME, SPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'DEVASTATING' Marlon James, 'BRILLIANT' Salman Rushdie, 'MAGNIFICENT' Aminatta Forna, 'WONDERFUL' Laila Lalami, 'UNFORGETTABLE' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 'REMARKABLE' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthiopia, 1935.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHirut 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeously crafted and unputdownable exploration of female power, and what it means to be a woman at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451607363958,"sku":"9781838851170","price":7.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36337784.jpg?v=1760463151","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838851170-the-shadow-king","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}