The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A little clan of oriental shepherds, the Turks had in two generations gained possession of the whole of the northwest corner of Asia Minor and established themselves on the eastern shore of the Bosphorus. The great city of Brusa, whose groves to-day enshrine the stately beauty of their mosques and sultans' tombs, capitulated to Orkhan, the son of the first Sultan, in 1326; and Nicaea, the cradle of the Greek church and temporary capital of the Greek Empire, surrendered in 1330. On the other side of the Bosphorus Orkhan could see the domes and palaces of Constantinople which, however, for another century was to remain the seat of the Byzantine Empire.
Customer Reviews
Historical background provided based on prevailing thoughts of the times
I like that this was written during and immediately after the two Balkan wars, it explains thoughts & feelings of the times like good history should. There is little sense in taking those times and applying modern thoughts or feelings since we are far removed from what drove them during those days back then. This is not a 100% complete history! it is more like a correspondence (to me) but it is "perfect" since it is during the days in question (again for me).