Download or read book History of the Greek Revolution, and of the Wars and Campaigns Arising from the Struggles of the Greek Patriots in Emancipating Their Country from the Turkish Yoke, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Gordon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-06 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Greek Revolution, and of the Wars and Campaigns Arising From the Struggles of the Greek Patriots in Emancipating Their Country From the Turkish Yoke, Vol. 1 of 2 Tm; contest betwixt the Greeks and Turks has employed so many pens, that he who now ventures to write on that hackneyed, and appa rently exhausted subject, must begin by explain ing his reasons for travelling over a beaten road, 'to which he cannot hope to attract public curi osity, since it is either satiated by preceding narratives, or drawn away towards more recent and important transactions: these reasons may be summed up in a few words. That moment ary interest, which induced a number of persons hastily to publish what they had seen or heard in Greece, exists no longer; but there is, and ever will be, a grave class of readers loving truth more than novelty, and desirous of becoming acquainted with the exact details of a revolu tion, that must take its place in the history of the world. As yet there is nothing calculated to satisfy their taste, for of the forty authors whom the struggle in Greece has called forth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.