Thanos Veremis narrates the political journey of Eleftherios Venizelos, a politician who, according to all his scholars, was a master of timely action and the realization of the feasible.

From 1889, when he was elected representative of his electoral district in the Cretan General Assembly, to his exile and death in 1936, Eleftherios Venizelos dominated the political scene for over 25 years and left his mark on the history of the land.

The union of Crete with Greece, the Balkan Wars, the National Schism and the National Defense Movement, the Treaty of Sèvres, the Treaty of Lausanne: The author recounts and analyzes the historical events, the foreign and domestic policies of Eleftherios Venizelos, the economic, social, and political situation of the country, and sketches the profile of a politician who was both an idol and a target of hatred for thousands of Greeks.