Ebook251 pages5 hours
Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer: A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence: The memoirs of Franz Nopcsa
By Franz Nopcsa and Robert Elsie
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome travelers and scholars of Southeast Europe in the early decades of the twentieth century. He was also a paleontologist of renown and a noted geologist of the Balkan Peninsula : many of his assumptions have been confirmed by science.
The Memoirs of this fascinating figure deal mainly with his travels in the Balkans, and specifically in the remote and wild mountains of northern Albania, in the years from 1903 to 1914. They thus cover the period of Ottoman Rule, the Balkan Wars and the outbreak of the First World War. Nopcsa was a keen adventurer who hiked through regions of northern Albania. With time, he became a leading expert in Albanian studies. He was also deeply involved in the politics of the period. In 1913, Nopcsa even offered himself as a candidate for the vacant Albanian throne.
The Introduction also tells of Nopcsa's tragic death: he shot his Albanian secretary and partner before killing himself. The memoirs themselves reveal some references to his homosexuality for those who can read between the lines.
The Memoirs of this fascinating figure deal mainly with his travels in the Balkans, and specifically in the remote and wild mountains of northern Albania, in the years from 1903 to 1914. They thus cover the period of Ottoman Rule, the Balkan Wars and the outbreak of the First World War. Nopcsa was a keen adventurer who hiked through regions of northern Albania. With time, he became a leading expert in Albanian studies. He was also deeply involved in the politics of the period. In 1913, Nopcsa even offered himself as a candidate for the vacant Albanian throne.
The Introduction also tells of Nopcsa's tragic death: he shot his Albanian secretary and partner before killing himself. The memoirs themselves reveal some references to his homosexuality for those who can read between the lines.
Author
Franz Nopcsa
The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877–1933), was one of the most adventuresome travellers and scholars of south-eastern Europe in the early decades of the twentieth century. He was also a palaeontologist of renown and a noted geologist of the Balkan Peninsula.
Related to Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer
Related ebooks
High Albania Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fare Well, Illyria Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArea Handbook for Albania Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Roots of Balkanization: Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhose Bosnia?: Nationalism and Political Imagination in the Balkans, 1840–1914 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bosnia: In the Footsteps of Gavrilo Princip Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of Montenegro Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Kosovo War. Tito's Lost Children: A Tale of the Yugoslav Wars: Tito's Lost Children, #0 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImagining Bosnian Muslims in Central Europe: Representations, Transfers and Exchanges Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHigh Albania Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBalkan holocausts? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBetween Empire and Nation: Muslim Reform in the Balkans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Circassian History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAli Pasha, Lion of Ioannina: The Remarkable Life of the Balkan Napoleon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King of Kings Tigran the Great and the Armenian Empire as Valuated by Modern Arab Historiography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Foundation of the Ottoman Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Making of the Balkan States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy Kosovo Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tatar Empire: Kazan's Muslims and the Making of Imperial Russia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Albanian National Awakening Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattling over the Balkans: Historiographical Questions and Controversies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crossing Place: A Journey among the Armenians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cross & Crescent in the Balkans: The Ottoman Conquest of Southeastern Europe (14th–15th centuries) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shqiperia E Konsullit August Dozon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mongols: A History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
European History For You
Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book: The Script Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mein Kampf: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kamphf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jane Austen: The Complete Novels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Violent Abuse of Women: In 17th and 18th Century Britain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of English Magic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Short History of the World: The Story of Mankind From Prehistory to the Modern Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer - Franz Nopcsa
_ book_preview_excerpt.html
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1