It is referred to as "the age of revolutions," and its culmination took place in the decades before and after 1800. However, it lasted an entire century: from the American Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the major national "unifications" of Germany and Italy in the 1860s.

The Greek Revolution, which broke out in the spring of 1821, lies precisely at the center of this long "age of revolutions" – and, as later proved, it constituted its turning point.

Historians were slow to recognize the crucial role played by the Greek uprising and the international recognition of Greece as a sovereign, independent state nine years later, in 1830, in this process that reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the European continent or, more accurately, a large part of the world.

This book aims to explain what happened during these nine years, with their broad – and certainly unpredictable – consequences, as well as the reasons why the full significance of these events is only just beginning to be appreciated today, two hundred years later.

An English edition is also available, titled The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Global Significance.