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Author Brewer, David, 1932-

Title The Greek War of Independence : the struggle for freedom from Ottoman oppression and the birth of the modern Greek nation / David Brewer.

Publication Info. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2001.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  949.506 BREWER    Check Shelf
Description [xx], 393 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
Contents 1. Revolution and the Great Church -- 2. Resentment and regeneration -- 3. Two prophets of revolution -- 4. The Philikí Etería -- 5. Ali Pasha -- 6. Revolt along the Danube -- 7. Doubts and deliberations in the South -- 8. The storm breaks -- 9. The land war -- 10. The war at sea -- 11. The Turkish reaction -- 12. The capture of Tripolis -- 13. Forming a government -- 14. The eyes of the world on Greece -- 15. The Philhellenes in action -- 16. Chios -- 17. The expedition of Dramali -- 18. The Greeks divided -- 19. Byron's road to Greece -- 20. Byron at Mesolongi -- 21. gold from London -- 22. Civil war in Greece -- 23. Ibrahim in the Peloponnese -- 24. The involvement of the powers -- 25. Odysseus and Trelawny -- 26. The fall of Mesolongi -- 27. The second English loan -- 28. Desperate remeideis -- 29. Athens, the last Ottoman success -- 30. The Treaty of London and the Admirals' instructions -- 31. Navarino -- 32. Kapodhístrias, a border and a king.
Subject Greece -- History -- War of Independence, 1821-1829.
ISBN 158567172X alkaline paper
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