{"product_id":"the-prince-and-the-plunder-9781803996509","title":"The Prince and the Plunder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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. \u003c\/b\u003eThey also took his son  six-year-old Prince Alamayu  and brought the boy back with them to the cold shores of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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 cavit\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470101156183,"sku":"9781803996509","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781803996509.jpg?v=1744897409","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-prince-and-the-plunder-9781803996509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}