"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 nation's journey from the deep darkness of slavery to the clearing of national rebirth. Starting from the capture of the City, it covers three hundred seventy-eight years and stretches up to the independence of Greece.

The author, weighing his material with the impartial eye of the historian while also approaching it with the passion of a person for whom this history is not a dead letter, has as a declared goal the engagement.

By bringing historical moments to life, the precise yet creative re-creation of the atmosphere of the time, the rich illustration, the utilization of eyewitness testimonies, and the use of eloquent language, he delivers to the modern reader a truly fascinating read and to the researcher-analyst a possession for eternity.