The Greek Phoenix. - BRADDOCK, J.,
KORTE INHOUD
?Regrettably, at least for the serious historian, Joseph Braddock?s ?Greek Phoenix? adds another title to the long list of readable but not informative studies of the Greek campaign to overthrow Turkish rule. The author does not pretend to investigate the subject in any depth, which in any case would have proved difficult, since he seeks to describe Greek politics and society from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the coming of Otho, the first king of Greece, in 1833. Also, Braddock falls victim to his slim bibliography of exclusively standard English sources. His analysis, highly literary but not startlingly interpretive, tends to be shallow on the political developments in Greek society and superficial on the intricacies of European diplomacy from 1815 to 1833. A pro-British bias emerges occasionally and in one instance results in false information. (?) The author does achieve the objective proposed in the preface of ?reproducing the ?colour and atmosphere of the scenes chosen?, and revealing the ?princ...
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London, 1972. 1st ed. XII,233p. Original red hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrps protected with adapta-roll. Small stamp on paste-down endpaper. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BRADDOCK, J.,] [Uitgever: Constable] [Jaar: 1972] [Titel: The Greek Phoenix.]
