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Alexandros Papadiamantis, Mitch Fatouros
ASIN: B01F1AF1YS
Publisher: Mitch Fatouros, All Rights Reserved.
Pages: 316

Towards the latter part of 2015, an acquaintance of mine challenged me over not having produced a book in a couple of years. Today I'd like to say to that individual "You're welcome!"But seriously, I should explain how "The Merchants of Nations" became "Raiders of the Aegean."Alexandros Papadiamantis's "The Merchants of Nations" was not edited for purposes of becoming a book since the 1880s when it first appeared. Any prints of his monumental work were mere reproductions of his original work. The original was serialized in the pages of a caustic, political circular. For its time it was an innovative project. In the land of sacred cows, also known as Greece, no editor dared touch and edit "The Merchants." But the fact was that the original had errors and gaps, including plenty of thirteenth century anachronisms such as glasses, bottles, and clocks which counted hours. Actually ...
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