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Aïda

by Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Verdi · 1871

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Long ago, in the faraway land of Ethiopia, there lived a Royal Princess who was gentle as moonlight and beautiful as the morning star. Her name was Aida, and more than anything on earth, she loved her father and her country.

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Here, in one of the great love stories of all time, Aida, the proud Princess, is captured by Egyptian soldiers and forced into slavery by her country's greatest enemy. When she falls in love with the leader of the Egyptian army, a terrible emotional struggle begins. Should Aida forsake loyalty to her father and her country for her true love—a warrior destined to destroy them both?

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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisEgyptEgyptMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrens
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short · 34 pages
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