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The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance

by Philip Marsden · 2005

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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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AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisEthiopiaEthiopiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 320 pages

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