Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics

by Tatyana Popovic and Tanya Popovic

One of the most popular of the south European epic heroes--a counterpart of the French Roland or Spain's El Cid--Prince Marko has not been well known in America. The historical Marko headed a small kingdom in Macedonia in the fourteenth century. A vassal of the Turkish sultans, he was a relatively minor historical figure. Yet in the oral tradition, he was transmuted into a figure of legend, the great hero who protected the south Slavic people form...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815624441
• ISBN13: 9780815624448
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"