A sweet and bitter, at the same time, retrospective on the electoral events of the old days (1864-1940), to learn, to remember, to compare the environment in which our democratic regime functioned, after the liberation from the Ottoman yoke.

An environment full of passion, violence, fraud, and interventions of all kinds… And all this combined with the "distorted," often, ingenuity that distinguishes us as Greeks, creating endless stories. At first, they provoke hilarity, but then sadness and concern. Vote or… death?

The well-known Athenian chronicler Thomas Sitaras presents the electoral atmosphere in parliamentary and municipal elections, the influence of parties and partisanship, the functioning of the Parliament and government services, the deputies and their favoritism, the exploitation of voters and the unemployed through texts and rich photographic material of the era.

The reader reflects on what and how much has really changed in our modern History. And this reflection may help us today to interpret many of the current events, as the book highlights the roots, the source from which everything started. A book more relevant than ever…