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Albania's Mountain Queen

Author : Marcus Tanner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857735047
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Albania's Mountain Queen written by Marcus Tanner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst young ladies in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were expected to have many creative accomplishments, they were not expected to travel unaccompanied, and certainly not to the remote corners of Southeast Europe, then part of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. But Edith Durham was no ordinary lady. In 1900, at the age of 37, Durham set sail for the Balkans for the first time. Her trip was intended as a means of recovering from a period of ill-health, and as a break from the stifling monotony of caring for her ailing mother. Her experiences on this trip were to change the course of her life, kindling a profound love for the region which saw her return frequently in the following decades. She became a confidante of the King of Montenegro, ran a hospital in Macedonia and, following the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, became one of the world's first female war correspondents. Back in England, she was renowned as an expert on the region, writing the highly successful book High Albania and, along with other aficionados such as the MP Aubrey Herbert, becoming an advocate for the people of the Balkans in British political life and society. King Zog of Albania once said that before Durham visited the Balkans, Albania was but a geographical expression. By the time she left, he added, her championship of his compatriots' desire for freedom had helped add a new state to the map. Durham was tremendously popular in the region itself, earning her the affectionate title 'Queen of the Mountains' and an enduring legacy which continues unabated until this day. Yet she has been all but forgotten in the country of her birth. Marcus Tanner here tells the fascinating story of Durham's relationship with the Balkans, painting a vivid portrait of a remarkable, and sometimes formidable, woman, who was several decades ahead of her time.

Albania's Mountain Queen

Author : Marcus Tanner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085772374X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Britain, the Albanian National Question and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1914

Author : Daut Dauti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350349542
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Britain, the Albanian National Question and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1914 written by Daut Dauti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All too often Albania has been considered a relatively minor player in late-19th and early-20th century history. By contrast, this book highlights the significance of this nation and the Albanian question at this time through a detailed analysis of the relationship between Albania, Britain and the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1914. Making use of a wide range of archival source materials some of which are published here in English for the first time this book explores British foreign policy towards the development of the Albanian national movement and parallel demise of the Ottoman Empire. In doing so it illuminates the objectives of the British government, as well as shining a spotlight on the public opinion of both the British people towards Albanian nationalism and on the reaction of the Albanians towards the British diplomatic position. By looking through such a unique lens, here Daut Dauti is able to provide fresh insight into why the Albanians were not supported by the Great Powers in their national quest in the way that other Balkan countries were and draws significant new conclusions on British, Balkan and Ottoman relations. As such, this nuanced study is vital reading for all scholars interested in modern Albanian history, turn-of-the-century British international relations and the fall of the Ottoman Empire more broadly.

The Balkan Wars from Contemporary Perception to Historic Memory

Author : Katrin Boeckh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319446428
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Balkan Wars from Contemporary Perception to Historic Memory written by Katrin Boeckh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 had greater importance than the First World War for the construction of nations and states. This volume shows how these “short” wars profoundly changed the sociopolitical situation in the Balkans, with consequences that are still felt today. More than one hundred years later, the successors of the belligerent states in Southeastern Europe memorialize the wars as heroic highlights of their respective pasts. Furthermore, the metaphor that the Balkans were Europe’s “powder keg”, perpetuated at the beginning of the twentieth century in the face of these wars, was reactivated in both the West and the East up through the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The authors entangle the hitherto exclusive national master narratives and analyse them cogently and trenchantly for an international readership. They make an indispensable contribution to the proper integration of the Balkan Wars into the European historical memory of twentieth-century warfare.

High Albania

Author : Mary Edith Durham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Albania written by Mary Edith Durham and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published 1909. Author was a British traveller, artist and writer who became famous for her anthropological accounts of Albanian life in the early 20th Century.

The Tribes of Albania

Author : Robert Elsie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857725866
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The Tribes of Albania written by Robert Elsie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern Albania and Montenegro are the only regions in Europe to have retained a true tribal society up to the mid-twentieth century. This book provides the first scholarly investigation of this tribal society, a pioneer work that offers a detailed survey of all the major Albanian-speaking tribes in Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. Robert Elsie provides comprehensive material on the 69 different tribes, including data on their locations, religious affiliations, tribal structures and relations, population statistics, tribal folklore, legends and history. Also included are excerpts from the works of prominent nineteenth and early-twentieth century writers, such as Edith Durham and Johann Georg von Hahn, who travelled through the tribal regions, as well as short biographies on prominent figures linked to the tribes. As the first book of its kind, The Tribes of Albania will be of interest to scholars and students of the Balkans, of southeastern European anthropology, ethnography and history.

Kosovo, A Documentary History

Author : Robert Elsie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786733544
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Kosovo, A Documentary History written by Robert Elsie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of Kosovan sovereignty and independence has a history which stretches far back beyond the outbreak of war in 1998. This volume is a compilation of key documents on Kosovo from the first half of the twentieth century. These texts, including numerous diplomatic despatches from the British Foreign Office, deal initially with the Albanian uprising against Ottoman rule in the spring of 1912 and, in particular, with the period of the Serbian invasion of Kosovo in late 1912 and the repercussions of the conquest for the Albanian population. The documents from 1918 to the early 1920s focus mainly on endeavours by Albanian leaders, including those of the so-called Kosovo Committee in exile, to bring the plight of their people to the attention of the outside world - endeavours which largely failed. Further documents reflect the situation in Kosovo up to the outbreak of World War II. This collection provides new perspectives on the Kosovo question and includes many documents which have been largely unavailable up to now. It sheds new light on many of the major and minor episodes that channelled and determined subsequent events, including the Kosovo War of 1998-1999 and the declaration of independence in February 2008.

Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750998334
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg written by Peter Stevenson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grimms called them The Quiet Folk, in Māori they are Patupaiarehe, in Wales Y Tylwyth Teg : hidden people who live unseen, speak their own languages and move around like migrants, shrouded from our eyes – like those who lived in the utopian world of Plant Rhys Ddwfn off the west Welsh coast, where this book begins. In mythology, lost lands are coral castles beneath the sea, ancient forests where spirits live, and mountain swamps where trolls lurk. Strip away the mythology, and they become valleys and villages flooded to provide drinking water to neighbouring kingdoms, campsites where travellers are told they can't travel, and reservations where the rights of first nations people are ignored. The folk tales in this book tell of these lost lands and hidden people, remembered through migrations, dreams and memories.

Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe

Author : Catharina Raudvere
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319712527
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe written by Catharina Raudvere and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where nostalgia was once dismissed a wistful dream of a never-never land, the academic focus has shifted to how pieces of the past are assembled as the elements in alternative political thinking as well as in artistic expression. The creative use of the past points to the complexities of the conceptualization of nostalgia, while entering areas where the humanities meet the art world and commerce. This collection of essays shows how this bond is politically and socially visible on different levels, from states to local communities, along with creative developments in art, literature and religious practice. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the book offers analyses from diverse theoretical perspectives, united by an interest in the political and cultural representations of the past in South-East Europe from a long-term perspective. By emphasising how the relationship between loss and creative inspiration are intertwined in cultural production and history writing, these essays cover themes across South-East Europe and provide an insight into how specific agents – intellectuals, politicians, artists – have represented the past and have looked towards the future.

The Belfast Queen's College Calendar

Author : Queen's University of Belfast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Belfast Queen's College Calendar written by Queen's University of Belfast and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Queen's Nurses' Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Queen's Nurses' Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Albania

Author : Gillian Gloyer
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781841622460
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book Albania written by Gillian Gloyer and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an insider and Albania enthusiast, the Bradt guide to Albania takes a fresh look at how and where to explore the heritage of this hidden corner of eastern Europe.

High Albania

Author : M. Edith Durham
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365912825
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book High Albania written by M. Edith Durham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-23 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In High Albania, Victorian anthropologist and travel writer M (Mary) Edith Durham presents a vivid and fascinating insight into the culture, customs, people, and the lands of Northern Albania as it was in the early 20th century.

Broken April

Author : Ismail Kadare
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561310654
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Broken April written by Ismail Kadare and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1990 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two destinies intersect in this novel -- that of Gjorg, a young mountaineer who has just killed a man in order to avenge the death of his older brother, and who expects to be killed himself in keeping with the code of the highlands; and that of a young couple who have come to study the age-old customs, including the blood feud.

The Queen's House

Author : Lizzie Alldridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Queen's House written by Lizzie Alldridge and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Albania Past and Present

Author : Constantin Anastasi Chekrezi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Albania Past and Present written by Constantin Anastasi Chekrezi and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Accursed Mountains

Author : Robert Carver
Publisher : HarperPerennial
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accursed Mountains written by Robert Carver and published by HarperPerennial. This book was released on 1999 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable tale of a series of journeys through remote, extraordinary Albania in the brief period between Communism and anarchy before it was again closed to Western travellers. Travelling by bus, on foot, by mule and horse, staying with Albanians in their houses and crumbling Stalinist tower blocks, Robert Carver meets Vlach shepherds and village intellectuals, ex-Communist Special Forces officers and juvenile heroin smugglers, missionaries with jeeps and light planes, and ex-prisoners of Enver Hoxha who have spent 45 years in the Albanian gulag. In the remote villages of the Accursed Mountains of the far north, he is the first Briton seen since the Second World War, when Intelligence officers were parachuted in to help fight the German occupiers. On his journey to Lake Gashit, high above the snowline on the Serb-Montenegrin border, Carver survives murder attempts and suicidal bus rides. He sees villages last visited by outsiders in 1933, which had effectively been hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world. In Tirana he experiences the contrasting side to life in Albania when he finds himself in the diplomatic set, inadvertantly consorting with Balkan highlife and involved with eccentrics worthy of an Evelyn Waugh novel. High adventure, danger and comedy alike are recounted in this sharp and spirited narrative, a highly original experience of a mysterious mountain land.