Kapodistrias: The founder of Greek independence
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Kapodistrias: The founder of Greek independence
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1 September 2020
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Ioannis Kapodistrias was a visionary politician who was far ahead of his time and became the first governor of Greece after its liberation from the Turkish yoke. Christopher Woodhouse describes his eventful life in this biography, the great value of which lies in the careful study of rich archival material, letters, monographs and detailed bibliography. As a result, one of the most impressive portraits of one of the most emblematic figures of modern Hellenism emerges.
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His first steps in Corfu
His medical studies in Padua
His tenure as minister of state of the Ionian Islands
The organisation of the defence of Lefkada against Ali Pasha
His service as foreign minister of Tsar Alexander I
The unfulfilled love for Roxandra Sturdza
His relations with Rigas’ movement in Vienna
His decisive contribution to the creation of the Swiss state
First governor and founder of Greek Independence
All the episodes are masterfully connected, aiming to present an in-depth and highly informative study of the era and life of Kapodistrias. A life which Woodhouse sees as a tragedy and develops its course to its tragic end with undiminished skill and well-chosen wording, so that the book reads like a great, 19th-century historical novel.
(Edited and translated blurb from publisher’s website)
Chapters:
His first steps in Corfu
His medical studies in Padua
His tenure as minister of state of the Ionian Islands
The organisation of the defence of Lefkada against Ali Pasha
His service as foreign minister of Tsar Alexander I
The unfulfilled love for Roxandra Sturdza
His relations with Rigas’ movement in Vienna
His decisive contribution to the creation of the Swiss state
First governor and founder of Greek Independence
All the episodes are masterfully connected, aiming to present an in-depth and highly informative study of the era and life of Kapodistrias. A life which Woodhouse sees as a tragedy and develops its course to its tragic end with undiminished skill and well-chosen wording, so that the book reads like a great, 19th-century historical novel.
(Edited and translated blurb from publisher’s website)
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