1st Edition
Royal Fraud The Story of Albania’s First and Last King
By Robert C. Austin
Copyright 2024
158 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Beginning its narrative in 1961, when Albanian King Zog I died in a Paris hospital after 22 years in exile, this book tells the colourful story of this Balkan country's first and only monarch. The road to becoming Europe's youngest president in 1925 and then king of Albania in 1928 was paved with feuds and assassinations, a political career-path common in the region. He craved the throne for... Read more
Acknowledgements, Chapter One: Endings and Beginnings, Chapter Two: From Constantinople to Tirana, Chapter Three: From Shkoder to Sarajevo, Chapter Four: The Killings Begin, Chapter Five: A Taste of Exile, Chapter Six: Blood Calls for Blood, Chapter Seven: Making History, Chapter Eight: A Royal Wedding, Chapter Nine: Meanwhile, in Albania, Chapter Ten: One Last Chance, Chapter Eleven: Journeys Home ,Suggested Readings, Name Index
Biography
Robert C. Austin is the Associate Director at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
