Eleftherios Venizelos: Greece - Greece

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Dalby is an historian and linguist whose work has appeared in several languages. His writings on Greek history and literature include Rediscovering Homer (2006)! Flavours of Byzantium (2003)and the acclaimed Siren Feasts: a history of food and gastronomy in Greece(1996)! which won a Runciman Award. He is also the author of light-hearted biographies of Bacchus (2003) and Venus (2005)! and of Language in Danger (2002) on the probable linguistic future. Klappentext Venizelos is said to be his country's greatest statesman, securing a beneficial settlement at Versailles. Zusammenfassung The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) was one of the stars of the Paris Peace Conference, impressing many of the Western delegates, already possessed of a romantic view of 'the grandeur that was Greece', with his charm and oratorical style. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements Note on dates etc. Prologue I. The Life and the Land 1. A Revolutionary by Profession 2. Princely Crete 3. Liberal Greece 4. The National Schism II. The Paris Peace Conference 5. Preparing for Paris 6. At the Conference 7. The Catastrophe and the Treaty of Lausanne III. The Legacy 8. Venizelos's Later Career Notes Chronology Further Reading Picture Sources Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Dalby, Dalby Andrew
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781905791644
• ISBN: 978-1-905791-64-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Makers of the Modern World; Makers of the Modern World: Th; Makers of the Modern World; Makers of the Modern World: Th
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Greece, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political leaders & leadership, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY / Europe / Greece