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Article: Chapman-Andrews and the Emperor.(Book review)(Brief review)
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- African Business
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- May 1, 2006
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Chapman-Andrews and the Emperor
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By Peter Leslie
[pounds sterling]19.99 Pen and Sword
ISBN 1-84415-257-X
This is the previously untold story of the remarkable relationship between a young British diplomat and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia from the latter's coronation in 1930 until his murder in 1975. Based on Chapman-Andrews' diary, the core of the book describes the extraordinary SOE operation in 1940 to re-instate the Emperor on his throne after being driven out by the invading Italians.
Together with the legendary Orde Wingate, Chapman-Andrews accompanied the Emperor through Italian ...