This is a collection of 7 first edition hardcover novels about the modern and ancient history of Greece. The books cover various topics related to Greek history and were published by different publishers in the United States. Each novel offers a unique perspective on the rich history of Greece, making it a valuable addition to any history enthusiast's library. With a focus on both ancient and modern history, these books provide a comprehensive look at the cultural and historical significance of Greece.
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1-“APARTMENT IN ATHENS” 1945 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR GLENWAY WESCOTT! SOME MINOR WEAR ON DUST JACKET OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: 268 pages published by Harper & Brothers Publishers.
Like Wescott's extraordinary novella The Pilgrim Hawk (which Susan Sontag described in The New Yorker as belonging "among the treasures of 20th-century American literature"), Apartment in Athens concerns an unusual triangular relationship. In this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who must share their living quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages an intense and unsettling drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsion—an account of political oppression and spiritual struggle that is also a parable about the costs of closeted identity.
2-“A MAN” 1980 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR ORIANA FALLACI (TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN). EXCELLENT CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: 463 pages published by Simon and Schuster.
“A Man” (1979) (Italian: Un Uomo) (Greek: Ένας Άνδρας, transliteration: Enas Andras) is a biographical novel written by Oriana Fallaci chronicling her romantic relationship with the resistance fighter Alexandros Panagoulis, who attempted to assassinate the Greek dictator George Papadopoulos, leader of the Greek junta known as the Regime of the Colonels. Fallaci uses the novel to put forth her view that Panagoulis was assassinated by a conspiracy of junta sympathizers, a view shared by many Greeks.
3-“DAYS OF VENGEANCE” 1983 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR HARRY MARK PETRAKIS. SOME MINOR WEAR ON DUST JACKET BECAUSE OF AGE OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: Doubleday, 1983 - Fiction - 279 pages
A young man from Crete pursues his brother's murderer across America, and the vendetta has a surprise ending.
4-“ELENI” 1983 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR NICHOLAS GAGE! VERY GOOD CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: Random House Publishing Group, 1983 Biography & Autobiography - 470 pages
In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist "camps" inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood.
Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew up to become a top New York Times investigative reporter, honing his skills with one thought in mind: to return to Greece and uncover the one story he cared about most: the story of his mother.
Eleni takes you into the heart a village destroyed in the name of ideals and into the soul of a truly heroic woman.
5-“THE HEROIC AGE” 1984 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR STRATIS HAVIARAS! EXCELLENT CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: 1984 - Fiction - 352 pages published by Simon and Schuster!
This is the story of a group of young boys caught up in the Greek Civil War in the years immediately following World War II, tracing the journey of these homeless, shell-shocked yet resilient young boys across a devastated Greek countryside. Heading north to cross the border and find refuge, the boys walk into the arms of the 'Andartes', a ragtag army of young women and boys, and find themselves involved in the most brutal fighting of the war.
6-“PERSIAN FIRE” 2005 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR TOM HOLLAND! PRISTINE CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: 420 pages published by Doubleday!
“Persian Fire” - The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (Greece) is a historical study of the Persian Empire by popular historian Tom Holland, first published in 2005. It won the Runciman Award.
7-“THE ICON” 2005 1st EDITION HARDCOVER BY AUTHOR NEIL OLSON! PRISTINE CONDITION!
OVERVIEW: 355 pages published by Harper Collins Publishers!
What Matthew does not realize is that his own connection to the icon will thrust him into a byzantine web of death and deception, as other parties - including a representative of the Greek Orthodox Church, a Russian “entrepreneur” a dying gangster, and a Nazi who has escaped the wartime tribunals for nearly six decades-pursue “The Icon” for their own means. All believe “The Icon” to be a source of fantastic and inexplicable power, and all were somehow connected to the events that transpired in a small Greek village during World War Two!