Philip Mansel

The Greeks’ bitter fight for freedom

Mark Mazower’s history of the war of Greek independence describes the full cost of this bloodstained conflict

Prince Alexander Ypsilanti crossing the Prouthos river in February 1821, by Peter von Hess. [Bridgeman Images] 
issue 15 January 2022

  • The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe

    Mark Mazower

    Allen Lane, pp. 608, £30

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