The History of Modern Greece —— With a View of the Geography, Antiquities and Present Condition of That Country

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ISBN: 9781333227609 出版年：2016 页码：504 Nathan Hale Forgotten Books

Travellers as have lately visited it, and published the results of their observation, present a favourable oppor tunity for inviting the attention of the public, to a con nected and summary View of the most important par ticulars which have been thus brought to light. The work was first published in the summer of 1826, and it brought down the sketch of the war in Greece only to the end of the year 1825. In the present volume a supplementary narratlve is given of the incidents of the war, to the date of the latest accounts from Greece, in April last; when, in consequence of the arrival of Lord Cochrane, and of some important additions to the naval force, the termination of some of the dissen sions by which the country has been distracted, and the efforts to establish a more efficient government, a brighter prospect was opening.