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A Dream Forged in Fire: Poems of the Greek War of Independence and later struggles for freedom

A Dream Forged in Fire: Poems of the Greek War of Independence and later struggles for freedom

Wheatley, Christopher J.

Paperback

Series: The Greek Continuum

Greek History

ISBN10: 1918669244
ISBN13: 9781918669244
Publisher: Kolonna Press
Published: Mar 14 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

These poems follow the Greek Revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman Empire from its first spark to the moment a nation emerged from fire.

A Dream Forged in Fire is a cycle of lyrical poems about the Greek War of Independence and the birth of modern Greece.

Drawing on historical events, personalities, and landscapes, the poems trace the struggle from its uncertain beginnings to the turning points that reshaped Europe. They move from the uprising of 1821 to important moments such as the Battle of Navarino, and the fragile birth of the new state under Ioannis Kapodistrias. Figures such as Theodoros Kolokotronis, Lord Byron, and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt appear alongside priests, sailors, merchants, and fighters whose lives were drawn into the uprising and centuries of Ottoman rule in Greece. The poems evoke moments that became symbols of the war-Chios, Psara, Missolonghi, Mani, and the campaigns of the Peloponnese-as well as the wider forces of diplomacy, faith, exile, and sacrifice that shaped the outcome.

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