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Thesiger did not return to his birthplace until 1930. Haile Selassie, a friend of his late father's, invited him to attend his coronation. The feudal pageantry of the occasion has been described with condescending vividness by Evelyn Waugh, then a correspondent for Fleet Street. By contrast, Thesiger notes sadly that during his absence of eleven years "the age-old splendour of Abyssinia" had been fading. The Emperor's bodyguard wore khaki; the palace secretaries were in tailcoats. Thesiger met the celebrated author of Vile Bodies and found him foppish and petulant. He refused Waugh's request to accompany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just Before the Sands Ran Out THE LIFE OF MY CHOICE | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

News Desks: Brian Doyle, Waits L. May III, Jacalyn McConnell, John F. McDonald, David Richardson, Adam Sexton, Pamela H. Thompson, Diana Tollerson, Joanne Waugh, Ann Drury Wellford, Jean R. White, Mary Wormley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead: Feb. 22, 1988 | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Administration: Suzanne Davis, Susan Lynd, Camille Sanabria, Clementina Allured, Melissa August, Sharon Boger, Donald N. Collins, Joan A. Connelly, - Eileen Harkin, Susanna M. Schrobsdorff News Desks: Brian Doyle, Waits L. May III, Jacalyn McConnell, John F. McDonald, David Richardson, Adam Sexton, Pamela H. Thompson, Diana Tollerson, Joanne Waugh, Ann Drury Wellford, Jean R. White, Mary Wormley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

Administration: Suzanne Davis, Susan Lynd, Camille Sanabria, Clementina Allured, Melissa August, Sharon Boger, Donald N. Collins, Joan A. Connelly, Eileen Harkin, Susanna M. Schrobsdorff News Desks: Brian Doyle, Waits L. May III, Jacalyn McConnell, John F. McDonald, David Richardson, Adam Sexton, Pamela H. Thompson, Diana Tollerson, Joanne Waugh, Ann Drury Wellford, Jean R. White, Mary Wormley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Administration: Suzanne Davis, Susan Lynd, Camille Sanabria, Clementina Allured, Melissa August, Sharon Boger, Donald N. Collins, Joan A. Connelly, Eileen Harkin, Susanna M. Schrobsdorff News Desks: Brian Doyle, Waits L. May III, Jacalyn McConnell, John F. McDonald, David Richardson, Adam Sexton, Pamela H. Thompson, Diana Tollerson, Joanne Waugh, Ann Drury Wellford, Jean R. White, Mary Wormley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

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