Albania's greatest friend : Aubrey Herbert and the making of modern Albania : diaries and papers, 1904-1923
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Albania's greatest friend : Aubrey Herbert and the making of modern Albania : diaries and papers, 1904-1923
I.B. Tauris, 2011
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Impeccably aristocratic and eccentric in a uniquely English tradition, Aubrey Herbert was at first sight an incongruous champion of Albanian nationalism, to say the least. Tall, slender and slightly stooped, with a moustache and heavily lidded eyes, Herbert wore a monocle and had white patches in his hair caused by an attack of alopoecia in 1911. Within England - let alone abroad - he cut a colourful figure. But Herbert was also an acclaimed linguist, intrepid traveller and an outspoken and independent thinker, who became enthralled by the Balkans on his first visit to the region in 1904 as honorary attache at the British Embassy in Constantinople. From that time until his death in 1923, he was indefatigable in campaigning for the Albanian cause. He returned frequently to the country and gained respect as an expert on the region, even being honoured with repeated requests that he assume the Albanian throne. "Albania's Greatest Friend" charts Herbert's involvement with Albania over the course of his life, in his own words, through his own extensive diaries and letters.
It paints an authoritative portrait not just of a remarkable Englishman but also sheds fresh light on the wider Albanian national movement and a fascinating period in European history.
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CONTENTS
Introduction by Noel Malcolm
Part 1: Turkey-in-Europe 1904-12
Constantinople and Kyazim, 1904-5
Scutari to Uskub, April - May 1907
The Young Turk Revolution, 1908
Kosova, January 1909
Tosks and Greeks, May 1909
Riza Bey, alias Kyazim, November 1909
Maiden Speech and Kosova, August 1912
Part 2: Albanian Independence 1912-14
The Albanian Committee (I), 1912-13
Turkish Defeat, Spring 1913
The Albanian Committee (II), Summer 1913
Humanitarian Aid, 1913
Scutari, August-September 1913
Central Albania, September 1913
Denouncing Atrocities, Autumn 1913
Prince William of Albania, 1914
Hoti and Gruda, 1914
The Epirus Rising, 1914
Part 3: The First World War 1914-1918
Albanian Glimpses, Spring 1915
A Political Initiative, Winter 1915-16
Inter-Allied Politics, 1916-17
Emigre Politics (I), 1917
The British Adriatic Mission (I), June-July 1918
The British Adriatic Mission (II), July-August 1918
The Albanian Regiment, 1918
The British Adriatic Mission (III), October-November 1918
Part 4: Albania Restored 1918-23
Peacemaking in Paris, 1919-20
Peacemaking in London, January-March 1920
Reflections on the Balkans, 1920
Waiting on Events, Spring 1920
Italy and Albania, Summer 1920
Yugoslavia and Albania, 1920-21
The Albanian Throne, Autumn 1920
Albania and the League of Nations, October-December 1920
The Atholl Candidacy, 1921
The Frontier Question, 1921
European Travels, August-September 1921
Seconding Mehmed, 1921-23
Epilogue
Appendix 1: The Albanian Committee
Appendix 2: The Anglo-Albanian Society
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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