"Siege of Shkodra 1478 " Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Aug 2015 11:17 p.m. PST |
"My poolside reading for today, some way further up the Adriatic coast, was The Siege of Shkodra by Marin Barleti, a local priest in 1504. It covers the Ottoman siege of Shkodra, which is in Northern Albania, in 1478, led personally by Mehmed the Conquerer. This epic siege was one of his few failures. The original book was in Latin, later translated into Albanian. The recent English version was translated and edited by David Hosaflook and includes translations of the Albanian edition's introduction and notes. It also includes accounts of the siege from early Ottoman historians, new scholarly notes, the historical context by Prof. David Abulafia, new maps based on the information in the book, and appendixes including Barleti's chronology of battle events…"
Full review here
balkandave.blogspot.com.ar Amicalement
Armand |
Puster  | 03 Aug 2015 6:42 a.m. PST |
Nice, thanks. It will be interesting to compare this to the other great failed siege of its time, Neuss 74/75 by Charles the Bold. The article mentions the novel "The Siege" by Kadare. If you can get hold of it, do it. Its worth it. |
Eleve de Vauban  | 03 Aug 2015 9:13 a.m. PST |
2nd for "The Siege" by Kadare. |
| Tango01 | 03 Aug 2015 10:28 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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