Focused on the essential and significant, this new narrative of the three initial phases of the modern Greek state aims to provide the average Greek with a reading that will easily and powerfully imprint the broad outlines of each of these periods in their memory.

At the same time, it examines the issues of that era from new perspectives: What was gained and what was not achieved with the Revolution of 1821? Of the three forces that made its success possible—the Church, the military, and the politicians/aristocrats—which lost ground during Otto's reign? Why? And with what consequences?

What was the vision of the Bavarian King Ludwig I? Was it realized? Did the Greeks embrace it? How much did Otto's Catholicism and the childlessness of the royal couple contribute to the instability of the regime? Financing—the external loans and their use as tools of pressure. Bureaucracy—the beginnings and its distortions.

Concise and comprehensible, the Alphabet aims to also serve as a resource for philology teachers in the demanding and complex teaching of History.