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The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron
Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome
travelers and scholars of Southeast Europe in the early decades of
the twentieth century. He was also a paleontologist of renown and a
noted geologist of the Balkan Peninsula : many of his assumptions
have been confirmed by science. The Memoirs of this fascinating
figure deal mainly with his travels in the Balkans, and
specifically in the remote and wild mountains of northern Albania,
in the years from 1903 to 1914. They thus cover the period of
Ottoman Rule, the Balkan Wars and the outbreak of the First World
War. Nopcsa was a keen adventurer who hiked through regions of
northern Albania. With time, he became a leading expert in Albanian
studies. He was also deeply involved in the politics of the period.
In 1913, Nopcsa even offered himself as a candidate for the vacant
Albanian throne. The Introduction also tells of Nopcsa's tragic
death: he shot his Albanian secretary and partner before killing
himself. The memoirs themselves reveal some references to his
homosexuality for those who can read between the lines.
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