Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro - Brossura

Roberts, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 1850658684 ISBN 13: 9781850658689

Casa editrice: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2007

Riassunto

Montenegro was admitted to the UN as its 192nd member in June 2006, thus recovering the independence it had lost nearly 90 years earlier at the Versailles Peace Conference. This is the first full-length history of the country in English for a century, traces the history of the tiny Balkan state from its earliest roots in the medieval empire of Zeta through its consistently ambiguous and frequently problematic relationship with its larger neighbour Serbia, the emergence of a priest/warrior ruler in the shape of the Vladika and its emergence from Ottoman suzerainty state at the Congress of Berlin. More recently, the book focuses on its troubled 20th century history, its prominent role in the Balkan wars, its unique deletion from world maps as an independent state despite being on the winning side in the Great War, its ignominious role in the wars leading to the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its final remergence as a member of the international community on the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo in 2006.

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Recensione:

'Elizabeth Roberts, a former diplomat who has taught Balkan history, has filled [a gap]. Now that she has produced such a thorough book, future historians may not bother again: if one history was enough for the last century, perhaps one is enough for this century too.' ---The Economist

A fascinating book. It is the history of Montenegro from its origins as Zeta to its emergence in early modern times as a defiant, violent and romantic principality ruled by elected Prince-Bishops until, in the eighteenth century, the throne became hereditary. The centuries of warfare against the Ottomans are described in gripping detail. ... This is an extraordinary book, plainly written, scholarly yet gripping, that presents, through the lens of a tiny, almost forgotten country, a new way of seeing and understanding the great events of modern history.' ----Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Spectator

'Elizabeth Roberts leads us skilfully along the highways and byways of Montenegro's excessive amount of history. . . . A scholarly, readable and well-written history of Montenegro.' --Chris Patten, Times Literary Supplement

L'autore:

ELIZABETH ROBERTS is a former diplomat who has taught Balkan history at universities in Ireland and the United States.

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• Editore: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1850658684
• ISBN 13: 9781850658689
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 520