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Albania's Greatest Friend - Aubrey Herbert and the Making of Modern Albania: Diaries and Papers 1904-1923 (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,094
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Albania's Greatest Friend - Aubrey Herbert and the Making of Modern Albania: Diaries and Papers 1904-1923 (Hardcover,...

Albania's Greatest Friend - Aubrey Herbert and the Making of Modern Albania: Diaries and Papers 1904-1923 (Hardcover, New)

Aubrey Herbert; Edited by Bejtullah D. Destani, Jason Tomes; Foreword by Noel Malcolm

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Impeccably aristocratic and eccentric in a uniquely English tradition, Aubrey Herbert was at first sight an incongruous champion of Albanian nationalism, to say the least. Tall, slender and slightly stooped, with a moustache and heavily lidded eyes, Herbert wore a monocle and had white patches in his hair caused by an attack of alopoecia in 1911. Within England -- let alone abroad -- he cut a colorful figure

But Herbert was also an acclaimed linguist, intrepid traveller and an outspoken and independent thinker, who became enthralled by the Balkans on his first visit to the region in 1904 as honorary attache at the British Embassy in Constantinople. From that time until his death in 1923, he was indefatigable in campaigning for the Albanian cause. He returned frequently to the country and gained respect as an expert on the region, even being honored with repeated requests that he assume the Albanian throne.

"Albania's Greatest Friend" charts Herbert's involvement with Albania over the course of his life, in his own words, through his own extensive diaries and letters. It paints an authoritative portrait not just of a remarkable Englishman but also sheds fresh light on the wider Albanian national movement and a fascinating period in European history.

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Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2011
First published: June 2011
Authors: Aubrey Herbert
Editors: Bejtullah D. Destani • Jason Tomes
Foreword by: Noel Malcolm
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-84885-444-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-84885-444-7
Barcode: 9781848854444

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