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Scanderbeg

(, New edition)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Scanderbeg

Contributors:

By (Author) Harry Hodgkinson

ISBN:

9781850439417

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

I.B. Tauris

Publication Date:

17th December 2004

Edition:

New edition

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

949.6501092

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

266

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm

Weight:

350g

Description

This is the first biography of the Albanian national hero Scanderbeg (1403-1468), published in England for more than four hundred years. The son of a prince of N Albania, he was educated in the Muslim faith as a hostage at the court of Sultan Murad II. The sultan showered favors on him and gave him the title bey and an army command. In 1443, when the Ottomans indicated they would attack Albania, Scanderbeg escaped to his homeland, abjured Islam, and formed a league of princes among the Albanian chieftains. He proclaimed himself prince of Albania. To resist the Ottomans under Sultan Muhammad II, Scanderbeg received aid at various times from Venice, Naples, Hungary, and the pope. 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.

Author Bio

Harry Hodgkinson (1913-1994) was a writer, journalist, naval intelligence officer, Balkan expert and from 1985 Chairman of the Anglo-Albanian Association.

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