“The Revolution of 1821” by Dimitris Fotiadis is a grand work of our national self-awareness. A milestone in modern Greek historiography, it overturns myths and faithfully serves historical truth. It illuminates the journey of the nation from the deep darkness of slavery to the clearing of national regeneration.
Starting from the capture of the City, it covers three hundred seventy-eight years and reaches up to the independence of Greece. The author, weighing the material with the impartial gaze of the historian and at the same time approaching it with the passion of a person for whom this history is not dead letter, has as a declared goal the participation.
By bringing to life the historical moments, the accurate yet creative reconstruction of the atmosphere of the era, the rich illustrations, the utilization of eyewitness accounts, and the use of artistic language, he delivers to the modern reader a literally captivating read and to the researcher-analyst a treasure for eternity.
The second volume begins with the outbreak of the Revolution in the Morea at the beginning of 1821 and reaches up to the destruction of Psara in the middle of 1824. In between, it recounts the battles on land and sea, with an emphasis on the fall of Tripolitsa, the European reactions, the establishment of the first Greek government, the first civil strife, and Byron’s contribution.
