Story of Sfakia

by Peter Trudgill and George K. Dalidakis

On the rugged and remote coast of southwest Crete, the fiercely proud and independent people of Sfakia have survived millennia of invasions by many of the world's most aggressive and dominant civilisations. This book describes the lives of the indomitable and warrior-like Sfakian people as they struggled to thrive among and against the major Empires of Europe -- Hellenic, Roman, Arab, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman -- and to oppose the German occupation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6185024411
• ISBN13: 9786185024413
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Mystis
• Length: 304 Pages