The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance

The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance
ISBN-10
0007173482
ISBN-13
9780007173488
Category
Ethiopia
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins UK
Author
Philip Marsden

Description

Philip Marsden returns to Ethiopia, the remote, fiercely beautiful land whose powerful mythic appeal has fascinated him all his life, to explore its legacy of independence, civil war and brutal repression.

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