Kings of the Hellenes by John Van der Kiste

Kings of the Hellenes

John Van der Kiste

208 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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When the Greeks deposed their unpopular, childless German-born ruler Otho in 1862, they chose a new king, George I, who proved a popular and effective monarch, coping with racial tensions in the Balkans and defeat by Turkey in the war of 1897. His...

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