The Mountains Of Rasselas: An Ethiopian Adventure
by Thomas Pakenham
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1841880051
- ISBN 13
- 9781841880051
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked in bright, glossy, and intact covers. Volume has a very small ding at the bottom edge. Full page illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the half title page. From the front cover flap, "Here is a story of a journey into an almost unknown land - an enthralling mix of history, travel, and sheer adventure. Two centuries ago Dr. Johnson captured the imagination of Europe with the romantic tale of 'Rasselas." He described the strange fate of the royal princes of Abyssinia, who were condemned to imprisonment in a mountian fortress until they died or the order of succession called them to the throne. How much of this was truth and how much was legend? In 1955...Thomas Pakenham resolved to discover the truth and set out for Gondar, capital of the Abyssinian empire of Johnson's day."
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- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bc1504070
- Title
- The Mountains Of Rasselas: An Ethiopian Adventure
- Author
- Thomas Pakenham
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1841880051
- ISBN 13
- 9781841880051
- Publisher
- Seven Dials
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 176
- Keywords
- Ethiopia - History
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