Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia.
Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
New York: Penguin Books, 2007.
First published in 1941.
Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.
Book Series: Penguin Classics.
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Author Information:
- Rebecca West (1892–1983), Wikipedia.
- Rebecca West, Penguin Random House.
- Janet Montefiore. "Collective and Individual Memory: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" in Men and Women Writers in the 1930s: The Dangerous Flood of History. London and New York: Routledge, 1996.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com]
(Hitchens refers to Montefiore in his Introduction.) - Lorna Gibb. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West. London: Macmillan, 2013.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
(This is one of the more recent of several biographies and literary studies about Rebecca West.)
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Wikipedia Articles:
- Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, 1941.
- Stanislav Vinaver (1891—1955), basis for the character Constantine in Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.
- Anica Savić Rebac (1892—1953), basis for the character Militsa in Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918–1941.
- Yugoslavia.
- Croatia : Zagreb.
- Dalmatia : Susak; Senj; Rab; Split; Salona; Trogir; Korčula; Dubrovnik (Ragusa); Republic of Ragusa, 1358–1808.
- Expedition : Cavtat; Perast; Kotor; Gruda.
- Herzegovina : Trebinje; Mostar.
- Bosnia : Sarajevo; Ilidža; Trebević (mountain); Travnik; Jajce; Jezero.
- Serbia : Belgrade; Topola; Franzstal; Fruška Gora.
- Macedonia / Vardar Banovina : Skopje; Matka; Black Mountain of Skopje; Bardovci; Gorno Nerezi (Church of Saint Panteleimon); Ohrid; Lake Ohrid; Church of St. John at Kaneo; Struga; Monastery of Saint Naum; Resen; Bitola; Bitola German War Cemetery; French military cemetery of Bitola; Kajmakčalan; (Battle of Kaymakchalan, 1916); Prilep.
- Old Serbia / Kosovo : Plain of Kosovo; Battle of Kosovo (1389); Gračanica Monastery; Pristina; Serbia in the Middle Ages; Kosovska Mitrovica; Stari Trg mine / Trepča Mines (Trepcha); Peć (Petch); Patriarchate of Peć; Visoki Dečani Monastery (Dechani).
- Montenegro : Kolašin; Podgorica; Lake Skadar (Lake Scutari); Cetinje (Tsetinye); Budva.
- Saint George's Day: South Slavic tradition and Balkan spring festival.
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.
- List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries.
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Other Books on the Balkans region in this blog:
- Glenny, The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999 (2001).
- Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism (2002).
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