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Rye Beach, NH: Papcoholdings, 2016 Book. New from Publisher. Soft cover. 1st US Edition.. A large crowd gathers to participate in the brutal Turks victory celebration over the Souliots. Near Eastern music is playing as the beautiful young Soulot dancer named Zavoulina is commissioned to perform. She finds out that she is chosen to be the bride for Veli, the son of the Turkish Sultan Ali Pasha. Zavoulina screams, "I will not marry your son. I am a Souliot! Your son Veli slaughtered my father and mother, and your brave soldiers raped and killed my Souliot sisters. They burned down our villages, but now you order me to marry and love your son? Never! This is the story of her escape, her rescue by a heroic Souliot freedom fighter named Diamantis and her brave battle for freedom ending in the Dance of Zalongo. 60p. illus [3 Copies found in WorldCat].
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The Dance of Zalongo : Live Free or Die / Eleftheria 'He Thanatos Paperback - 2012
by Papoutsy, Christos
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- Title The Dance of Zalongo : Live Free or Die / Eleftheria 'He Thanatos
- Author Papoutsy, Christos
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- Publisher Create Space
- Date 2012
- ISBN 9781477538357
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Create Space, 2012 Book. New Book from Publisher. Soft cover. 1st US Edition.. ".an in-depth account of the heroic deaths of the women of Zalongo. Encircled by the Muslim enemy, they chose to dance off the cliffs. The women, entrapped, turned towards the steep cliff. It was December 16, 1803 when the dance began. As the enemy charged against them, the women, one by one. threw their children from the cliff before jumping after them themselves. to choose death over enslavement This pivotal moment in European history became a rallying cry for independence and the often-repeated slogan "Freedom or Death!" . a critical time of Greek history which has been memorialized by some of Europe's greatest artists.
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