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An Historical Outline of the Greek Revolution

An Historical Outline of the Greek Revolution

An Historical Outline of the Greek Revolution

With a Few Remarks on the Present State of Affairs in That Country
William Martin Leake
November 2010
Paperback
9781108021258
£26.00
GBP
Paperback

    William Martin Leake (1777–1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar interested in reconstructing the topography of ancient cities. He was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. After his retirement in 1815 he devoted the rest of his life to topographical and classical studies. First published in 1826, this second edition contains a detailed discussion of the historical background of and events during the first years of the Greek Revolution (1821–1830). Focusing on the Peloponnese, Leake explores the political and social condition of Greece under the Ottoman Empire, discussing the causes of the Revolution and providing a detailed narrative of its course. This volume, the first scholarly work on the subject, provides a valuable contemporary account by an author who was familiar with both the territory and the peoples that were his subject.

    Product details

    November 2010
    Paperback
    9781108021258
    226 pages
    216 × 140 × 13 mm
    0.29kg
    1 map
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Historical outline of the Greek revolution
    • Note.
      Author
    • William Martin Leake