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The siege of Magdala : (Record no. 556963)

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control field UG-KaMUL
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2011-033727
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781558765528 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number 16910399
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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency IEN/DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 963.041
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 963.041 MAT
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Matthies, Volker.
240 ## - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Unternehmen Magdala.
Language of a work English
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The siege of Magdala :
Remainder of title the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Volker Matthies ; translated from German by Steven Rendal l.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton, NJ :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Markus Wiener Publishers,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxiv, 209 p.:
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Copyright à 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German e dition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in èAthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: a curious campaign -- Mysterious Ethiopia -- Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria -- The European hostages -- The British Empire prepares for war -- A harbor city built overnight -- Embedded journali sts -- The long march to Magdala -- The Aroge massacre -- The assault o n the fortress -- The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures -- Orderl y withdrawal -- The victors' triumphal return to England -- Balance she et: military intervention without colonial occupation.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Translation of: Unternehmen Magdala.
610 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Great Britain.
Subordinate unit Army
General subdivision History.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Magdala, Battle of, Amba Maryam, Ethiopia, 1868.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Ethiopia
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 1490-1889.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Amba Maryam (Ethiopia)
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Ethiopia
General subdivision Foreign relations
Geographic subdivision Great Britain.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Great Britain
General subdivision Foreign relations
Geographic subdivision Ethiopia.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rendall, Steven.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Books - Open Access
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     MISR Library - Open Shelves MISR Library - Open Shelves 12/06/2025   963.041 MAT 001268464 12/06/2025 12/06/2025 Books - Open Access