The Six Month Kingdom
The Six Month Kingdom

Author: Duncan Heaton-Armstrong

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2005-06-22

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0857716859

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In January 1914 the eccentric adventurer Captain Duncan Heaton-Armstrong, "on the look out for a more stable career", applied for the post of Private Secretary to the newly appointed King of Albania - the German Prince William of Wied. Heaton-Armstrong describes, with vibrancy, directness and humour, a miniature royal court in a desperately poor and remote corner of Europe. As the First World War engulfed the Balkans in August 1914, two royal infants were escorted back to Germany by Heaton-Armstrong, who was promptly made the first prisoner of war. His remarkable account has been edited for this, the first general edition.

The Kingdom of the Hittites
The Kingdom of the Hittites

Author: Trevor Bryce

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 575

ISBN-13: 019927908X

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Translations from the original texts are a particular feature of the book. Thus on many issues the Hittites and their contemporaries are allowed to speak to the modern reader for themselves."--BOOK JACKET.