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'Then, Aga, I swore on the grave of my friend that Candia would fall. And when
the Grand Vizier cried that Turkey would fight for a hundred years but would
capture Candia, tears came to my eyes. And whenever I saw the big cross thrust
into ...
'Then, Aga, I swore on the grave of my friend that Candia would fall. And when
the Grand Vizier cried that Turkey would fight for a hundred years but would
capture Candia, tears came to my eyes. And whenever I saw the big cross thrust
into ...
Page 365
Candia fell. I felt it like a terrible blow. Later I realized that the entire west had
trembled at the terrible news. The great siege of a fortress, second in the history
of mankind after the Siege of Troy had come to an end. And Candia, like Troy,
stood ...
Candia fell. I felt it like a terrible blow. Later I realized that the entire west had
trembled at the terrible news. The great siege of a fortress, second in the history
of mankind after the Siege of Troy had come to an end. And Candia, like Troy,
stood ...
Page 366
Morosini gathered the commanders and told them : 'Candia is a pile of stones,
and we are only defending an earthworks mixed with blood and bodies.' With
tears in their eyes the commanders decided to defend Candia. Immediately after
the ...
Morosini gathered the commanders and told them : 'Candia is a pile of stones,
and we are only defending an earthworks mixed with blood and bodies.' With
tears in their eyes the commanders decided to defend Candia. Immediately after
the ...
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Contents
My Head Ill GiveMy Faith I Will Not Give | 101 |
page | 185 |
A Year Later | 355 |
Copyright | |
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Aegean Sea Aga's alive Allah asked Balkandji began blood breast brother Bulgarian Candia cast cave chans Chepino child courtyard cried cross dark dead Delyo dogs earth Elindenya Elitsa eyes face faith father feet fell felt fire flocks forest Goran Grand Vizier Granny Srebra grass grew Gyulfie haidouts hair hand Hassan Hodja head heard heart horse howling hundred Ismail Bey Janissaries Karaibrahim kaval kill knife Konak light lips looked Manol meadow Mircho Momchil mountain night notables Old Galoushko Old Kralyo passed Petglassets pistol Podviss priest Prossoina rapier remembered Rhodopa Rhodope Mountains rocks rose seemed Sevda sheep shepherds Sherko shone shoulders shouted silent Spahis spoke spruce stone stood stopped Sultan Syuleiman Aga tell terrible thought tree Tsepina Turkish Turks turned valley veranda village voice Voivoda Vrazhou Kehaya waited wall wanted weeping wind woman women words yataghan Yurouks
Bibliographic information
| Title | Time of parting: a novel |
| Author | Anton Donchev |
| Publisher | Owen, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 379 pages |
| Subjects | Bulgaria |
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