The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize * One of The Economist's top history books of the year

From one of our leading historians, the definitive history of the Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence was an unlikely cause, a disorganized collection of Greek patriots up against what was still one of the most storied empires in the world, the Ottomans. The revolutionaries needed all the help they could get. And they got it, as Europeans and Americans embraced the idea that the heirs t...