That Greece might still be free : the Philhellenes in the War of Independence /

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"When in 1821 the Greeks rose in violent revolution against the rule of the Ottoman Turks, waves of sympathy spread across Western Europe and the United States. More than a thousand volunteers set out to fight for the cause. William St Clair meticulously researched and highly readable account o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: St. Clair, William
Otros Autores: Beaton, Roderick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2008.
Edición:New rev. corrected ed.
Temas:
1821-1829
Philhellenism.
Philhellénisme.
HISTORY > Europe > Greece.
HISTORY > Social History.
Military participation > Foreign
Philhellenism
Greece > History > War of Independence, 1821-1829 > Participation, Foreign.
Grèce > Histoire > 1821-1829 (Guerre de l'Indépendance) > Participation étrangère.
Greece
Greek History
Lord Byron
War of Independence
Philhellenes
War
History
Romanticism
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Outbreak
  • The Return of the Ancient Hellenes
  • The Regiment
  • Two Kinds of War
  • The Cause of Greece, the Cause of Europe
  • The Road to Marseilles
  • Chios
  • The Battalion of Philhellenes
  • The Battle of Peta
  • The Triumph of the Captains
  • The Return Home
  • The German Legion
  • Knights and Crusaders
  • Secrets of State
  • Enter the British
  • Lord Byron joins the Cause
  • 'To bring Freedom and Knowledge to Greece'
  • Arrivals at Missolonghi
  • The Byron Brigade
  • Essays in Regeneration
  • The New Apostles
  • The English Gold
  • The Coming of the Arabs
  • The Shade of Napoleon
  • 'No freedom to fight for at home'
  • French Idealism and French Cynicism
  • Regulars Again
  • A New Fleet
  • Athens and Navarino
  • America to the Rescue
  • Later
  • Appendix I: Remarks on Numbers
  • Appendix II: The Principal Philhellenic Expeditions
  • Notes on the Select Bibliography
  • Select Bibliography
  • Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Material Since 1972.

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