Skanderbeg biography books

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The History of George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania: containing his famous acts, his noble deeds of arms, and memorable victories against.

Skaffa tryckt exemplar. Harry Hodgkinson. This is the first biography of the Albanian national hero Scanderbeg published in England for more than four hundred years. The son of a prince of Albania, he was educated in the Muslim faith as a hostage at the court of Sultan Murad II and given the title "bey and an army command.

This is the first biography of the Albanian national hero Scanderbeg (), published in England for more than four hundred years.

In Scanderbeg escaped to his homeland, abjured Islam, and formed a league of princes among the Albanian chieftains. He proclaimed himself Prince of Albania. Written by the late Harry Hodgkinson, a former naval intelligence officer who served under Ian Fleming, this engrossing and elegantly crafted book is an attempt to bring the reader closer to this famous historical figure and to set him in the dramatic context of Albania and its history.

Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies. Emperors Despots and Chieftains. Scanderbeg Harry Hodgkinson Centre for Albanian Studies , - sidor This is the first biography of the Albanian national hero Scanderbeg published in England for more than four hundred years. Europes Oldest Society. Bejtullah D. Destani , Westrow Cooper.