Download or read book Lion of Janina written by Mór Jókai and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ali Pasha's resistance to Turkish forces in the 19th century.
Download or read book Ali Pasha Lion of Ioannina written by Quentin Russell and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the life of a petty tyrant in an obscure corner of the Ottoman Empire became the stuff of legend. What propelled this cold-blooded archetype of Oriental despotism, grandly known as the Lion of Yanina and the Balkan Napoleon, into the consciousness of Western rulers and the general public? This book charts the rise of Ali Pasha from brigand leader to a player in world affairs and, ultimately, to a gruesome end.Ali exploited the internal weakness of the Ottoman Empire to carve out his own de facto empire in Albania and Western Greece. Although a ruthless tyrant guilty of cruel atrocities, his lavish court became an attraction to Western travelers, most famously Lord Byron, and his military prowess led Britain, Russia and France to seek his alliance during the Napoleonic Wars. His activities undermined the Sultans authority and ultimately led to the Greek War of Independence.Quentin and Eugenia Russell describe his remarkable life and military career as well as the legacy he bequeathed in his homeland as a nationalist hero and further afield as inspiration for writers and artists of the Romantic movement.
Download or read book War in the Balkans written by Richard C. Hall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day. The Balkan Peninsula, which consists of Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and the former Yugoslavia, resides in the southeastern part of the European continent. Its strategic location as well as its long and bloody history of conflict have helped to define the Balkans' role in global affairs. This singular reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that have made this region an international player and shaped warfare there for hundreds of years. Historian and author Richard C. Hall traces the sociopolitical history of the area, starting with the early internal conflicts as the Balkan states attempted to break away from the Ottoman Empire to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that ignited World War I to the Yugoslav Wars that erupted in the 1990s and the subsequent war crimes still being investigated today. Additional coverage focuses on how these countries continue to play an important role in global affairs and international politics.
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Download or read book The Longman Companion to European Nationalism 1789 1920 written by Raymond Pearson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly topical analysis of European Nationalism from the French Revolution through to the aftermath of the First World War, when the nationalist issues and problems that dominate the political landscape of our own time were already fully established. Covering an enormous range of peoples -- from the Icelanders to the Gypsies, from Brittany to Wallachia -- the book presents a wealth of historical geopolitical information unavailable elsewhere. Essential as a reference work, it also provides a unique opportunity to survey systematically a crucial but fragmented subject in its full European context. For historians, political scientists, departments of European studies, and general readers.
Download or read book Destination Avdela 2012 Or Back to the Future written by Paul Michael Beza and published by Fast-Print Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aromanians - a nation native to the Balkans, shrouded in the history of the region, which never had their own state and speak an endangered Romance language. The author, a descendant of an Aromanian family from Avdela, in the Pindus Mountains, sets ou
Download or read book The Works of Thomas De Quincey Part I Vol 1 written by Grevel Lindop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.
Download or read book History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII written by Archibald Alison and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of the Ottoman Empire written by William Deans and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852 written by Archibald Alison and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Nostradamus written by Mario Reading and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring updated author commentaries, this is an internationally bestselling selection of the famous seer’s most relevant prophecies Nostradamus is widely known as the greatest diviner and visionary who ever lived. In the whole of publishing history, only the Bible has sold more copies than his prophecies, which have been in print since his death in the 16th century. Using a revolutionary new analysis of the secret dating of Nostradamus’s prophecies, The Complete Prophecies for The Future reveals startling new interpretations, offering answers to relevant questions: Is the demise of the British monarchy inevitable? Will there be a Global War—and, if so, what will this mean for the world’s climate? Nostradamus predicted the Twin Towers disaster of 9/11, the 2003 Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, the devastating tsunamis of 2004/2005—and he foretold the future for decades to come. Thanks to Mario Reading’s groundbreaking translations and sharp, knowledgeable commentaries, readers can now scan the future history of the 21st century—before it happens.
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