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Athens, The Violet-Crowned (Chap XI - THE ROYAL FAMILY OF GREECE) - PUB 1913 - FREE ebook

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This book is available as a FREE ebook through the title link below: ATHENS, THE VIOLET-CROWNED   (Chapter XI - THE ROYAL FAMILY OF GREECE) by Lilian Whiting Published in Boston 1913

"Back from the Greek War - John Christus Says that the Crown Prince is a Coward and a Hard Drinker" article - New York Times, July 11, 1897

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Published in  The New York Times, July 11, 1897 BACK FROM THE GREEK WAR ---------- John Christus Says That the Crown Prince Is a Coward and a Hard Drinker ---------- John Christus, a six-foot Greek who has been a sailorman on the Pacific coast, and who went from San Francisco to Athens to fight the Turks, arrived here Friday on the steamship Yarrowdale, from Cardiff, Wales, and yesterday found himself in the custody of the immigration officials, charged with being a stowaway. An alien who arrives as a stowaway is deported on the vessel that brought him.  An American citizen who stows away is fined $10, or in lieu of that must go to jail.  Christus had taken out his first papers and had lived in this country for fifteen years.  It was decided that he should be fined.  Eventually the fine was remitted.  In his case perhaps it was because of the story of hard luck he had to tell. Christus started for Athens Feb. 28, and was among the fir...

Ex-King Constantine and the War

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The book " Ex-King Constantine and the War " was written by George M. Melas, his former secretary, and published in 1920 London. There are two different versions of this book available for FREE online at the Internet Archives . You can view the Table of Contents and the 64 Greek Names mentioned in the book below. ----- TABLE OF CONTENTS I) King Constantine, II) Veniselos, III) The King and Veniselos, IV)  The King and the Entente,  V)  The King’s Illness, VI)  The Etat-Major,  VII)  The Dardanelles:  The “Goeben” and “Breslau”,  VIII)  Germany and Greece,  IX)  Scruples,  X)  Some Documents ----- GREEK NAMES MENTIONED IN THE BOOK Anastassopoulos;  (Major, Doctor);  Pages 173, 174 Averoff;  Page 80 Baltazzi, George;  Pages 178, 189 Benachi, M.E.;  Pages 11,12, 13, 25, 146 Caclamanos, M.;  Page 254 Callergis, M.;  Pages 119, 225 Carapano;...

Greece in the Nineteenth Century - A Record of Hellenic Emancipation and Progress 1821-1897 by Lewis Sergeant - FREE ebook

"Greece in the Nineteenth Century - A Record of Hellenic Emancipation and Progress 1821 - 1897"  by Lewis Sergeant.  This book was originally published by T. Fisher Unwin in London in 1897 - available as a FREE ebook Below you will find the Table of Contents and a listing of the 223 Greek Names mentioned in this book. ----- CONTENTS Introductory Chapter         The European Crisis in 1897         No True Concert         British Interests  Chapter I - European Interventions         The Right of Intervention         Recent Interventions, by Concert and by Single Nations         The Congresses of Laybach and Verona         National Enthusiasms         Intervention in Turkey         The Reconstruction of Turkey  ...