Spymasters at the Acropolis Espionage and Intrigue in Athens of the Great War |
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| Author:
| Henderson, James |
| ISBN: | 979-8-7316-9462-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2021 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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As the Great War raged in Europe, Athens, the city of the Acropolis, turned into a place of violence and political intrigue where nothing was or could be kept secret. This book reveals the activities of British, German and French spymasters in 1914-18. All spymasters, admittedly overzealous and amateurs, were involved in countless real and imagined plots at a time of constitutional crisis. The Anglophile Prime Minister Eleutherios Venizelos insisted that Greece join the Entente against...
More DescriptionAs the Great War raged in Europe, Athens, the city of the Acropolis, turned into a place of violence and political intrigue where nothing was or could be kept secret. This book reveals the activities of British, German and French spymasters in 1914-18. All spymasters, admittedly overzealous and amateurs, were involved in countless real and imagined plots at a time of constitutional crisis. The Anglophile Prime Minister Eleutherios Venizelos insisted that Greece join the Entente against the Central Powers. King Constantine demanded that Greece remain neutral, to the strategic advantage of Kaiser Wilhelm II, whose sister, Sofia, he had married.