The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

LATEST NEWS: Author releases Ethiopian plunder list to fuel returns campaign

Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

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The monster list of plunder studies

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General Articles/chapters Colonial collections in British military museums: Of objects, materiality and sentimentBy Henrietta Lidchi and Nicole Hartwellfrom Museums, Society and the Creation of Value, 2021, Routledge – £33/£120 Books Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture and the MuseumEdited by Tim Barringer, Tom FlynnRoutledge, 1997 – £35/£105 (Limited free preview) Dividing the spoils: Perspectives […]

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The sources

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The Top 5 Articles & Papers To Read Prince Alamayou of EthiopiaBy Lord Amulree (1970) The Abyssinian BoyBy Darrell Bates (1979) Alamayou, Prince of AbyssiniaBy Jane Langton (1988) Captain Speedy’s “Entertainment”By Richard Pankhurst (1983) The Library of Emperor Tewodros II at MaqdalaBy Rita Pankhurst (1973) The Top 10 Books To Read Acta Æthiopica Volume I […]

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