The prisoner of Durazzo : being a history of six months in a phantom kingdom and of armageddon postponed / Robert A. Lanier

• VerfasserIn: Lanier, Robert A. 1938-
• Place / Publishing House: Memphis, TN : Zenda Press, 2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xl, 471 Seiten, 24 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln; Illustrationen, Karten; 24 cm
• Notes: Enthält Literaturverzeichnis Seite 435-445; Foreword -- Introduction -- A word about words ; Money ; Quick reference for names ; Some vocabulary -- Prelude: the background story. Albania: the setting -- Some royalty and cast of characters ; The heads of state ; Some non-royal characters ; The Albanians ; The foreigners -- Ottoman Albania -- The London conference -- 1913 -- War clouds over Scutari -- The search for a king -- The pot boils -- Ultimatum -- Setting the boundaries -- Preparations -- Omens -- The traveling prince -- The ceremony -- Beware of Greeks -- Trieste -- Arrival -- The short honeymoon -- The plot thickens -- Aftermath -- Complications -- Disgrace -- Picking up the pieces -- Friction -- Intrigue and strategies -- The death of the king's champion -- False hopes -- Another royal murder -- The pot simmers -- The shadow darkens -- A kiss before dying -- The sands run out -- Post mortem -- An exile in his own country -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index