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Welcome to 1821: Ten Remarkable Heroes and Heroines in the Greek War of Independence.

This book contains ten concise and compelling biographies of some of the most well-known and respected male and female fighters during the Greek people's fight for independence that began in 1821. These heroes and heroines not only took up arms against great odds, many times suffering severe setbacks, but in some cases spent their entire family fortunes to buy ships, arms, clothing and food for the fighters.

The great men and women featured in this book are Theodoros Kolokotronis, Markos Botsaris, Laskarina Bouboulina, Konstantinos Kanaris, Manto Mavrogenous, Georgios Karaiskakis, Eleni Vassou, Andreas Miaoulis, Stavriana Savvaina, and Nikitas Stamatelopoulos, better known as Nikitaras.

If you're interested in reading about this legendary struggle through the stories of some of the key figures that ultimately led to Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, then this book is for you.

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