Author: Mór JókaiPublisher:
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Category : Janizariae
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Ali Pasha's resistance to Turkish forces in the 19th century.
Lion of Janina
Author: Mór JókaiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Janizariae
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Ali Pasha's resistance to Turkish forces in the 19th century.
Ali Pasha, Lion of Ioannina
Author: Quentin RussellPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473877229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
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.
Modern Europe, 1815-1899
Author: Walter Alison PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
The Critic
Author: Critic and Literary World
Author: Jeannette Leonard GilderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Finding List of English and French Prose Fiction
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Catalogue of the Illinois State Reformatory Library
Author: Illinois. State Reformatory (Pontiac)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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