The Prince Who Walked with Lions

By - Laird, Elizabeth

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Macmillan Children's Books, London, 2012

ISBN 10 - 0230752438

ISBN 13 - 9780230752436

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Great Britain

Shelf No - 8

Call Number - 823.914 LAI

Physical Description - 277 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Book Information

A sweeping epic about a prince torn from his mountain home. Based on a true story.The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Under orders from Queen Victoria, its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king's young son, Alamayu. He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but how on earth can he and his warriors stand against the well-equipped foreigners? As battle rages, everything that Alamayu fears comes to pass. The fighting is cruel and efficient. By the time it is over, Alamayu is left without parents, throne or friends. In a misguided attempt to care for him, the British take Alamayu to England. There he is befriended by the queen herself and enrolled in Rugby College to become a 'proper' English gentleman. What the English see as an honour is, to this lonely Ethiopian prince, a horror. This is Alamayu's story, seen through his eyes: the battle, the journey to England and the trauma of an English public school as he comes to terms with the hand that fate has dealt him and tries to build a new life.

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