Review:
'an intelligent, readable and very important study. A historical book could hardly be more relevant for the future, perhaps for the near future, than this one.' --Aleksa Djilas 'The need for an up-to-date study of Montenegrin history is self-evident. Elizabeth Roberts has provided a succinct, intelligent and readable account of this difficult and complex subject.' -Prof. Richard Crampton, University of Oxford'A fascinating book. It is the history of Montenegrofrom its origins as Zeta to its emergence inearly modern times as a defiant, violent and romanticprincipality ruled by elected Prince-Bishopsuntil, in the eighteenth century, the thronebecame hereditary. The centuries of warfareagainst the Ottomans are described in grippingdetail. ... This is an extraordinary book, plainlywritten, scholarly yet gripping, that presents,through the lens of a tiny, almost forgotten country,a new way of seeing and understanding thegreat events of modern history.' -Simon SebagMontefiore, The Spectator'Elizabeth Roberts, a former diplomat who hastaught Balkan history, has filled [a gap]. Now thatshe has produced such a thorough book, futurehistorians may not bother again: if one historywas enough for the last century, perhaps one isenough for this century too.' -The Economist
About the Author:
Elizabeth Roberts is a former diplomat who has taught Balkan history at universities in Ireland and the United States.
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