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    612-822-4611

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Kolokotrones the klepht and the warrior. Sixty years of peril and daring. An autobiography

Kolokotrones the klepht and the warrior. Sixty years of peril and daring. An autobiography

Kolokotrones, Theodoros

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ISBN10: 9353701414
ISBN13: 9789353701413
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 15 2019
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From mountain outlaw to national commander, Theodoros Kolokotrones tells his own story of Greece in revolt. Hear the drumbeat of freedom. This complete historical autobiography stands as a revolutionary war memoir and a gripping Greek general biography, tracing a life shaped by the klepht guerrilla fighters of the Peloponnese and the hard choices of an anti-Ottoman uprising. Written by the man who became a central strategist of the Greek War of Independence, it offers the immediacy only a Greek history primary source can give: alliances and betrayals, supply and discipline, courage and consequence, as 19th century Greece pushes against Ottoman Empire decline and fights for the Peloponnese liberation struggle. Kolokotrones speaks with the directness of a soldier and the shrewdness of a politician, mapping the pressures of command, the weight of vengeance, and the cost of unity. For readers of Greek history, it is a rare window into how revolution was organised on the ground. Read as a complete Greek revolution memoir, it rewards military history enthusiasts with battlefield perspective and rewards general readers with a human voice: stubborn, devout, politically alert, and often unsparing. Its significance lies not only in what happened, but in how a participant remembers it, preserving the mentality of rebellion and the making of a nation. A classic for collectors too. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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