
The Notary
Alexandros Rangavis(Author)
Aiora Press
Published on 26. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-618-5048-66-2 (ISBN)
Description
A wealthy count on his deathbed, his libertine nephew, an upstanding young clerk, and a scheming notary who stops at nothing to protect his daughter make The Notary an iconic tale of suspense and intrigue, love and murder. The classic work of Alexandros Rangavis, The Notary, a mystery set on the island of Cephalonia on the eve of the Greek Revolution of 1821, is Modern Greek literatures contribution to the tradition of early crime fiction, alongside E.T.A. Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Greece
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
168 gr
ISBN-13
978-618-5048-66-2 (9786185048662)
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Alexandros Rangavis (18091892) was a Greek man of letters, poet and statesman. Born in Constantinople in 1809 to a Greek Phanariot family, he was raised in Bucharest and Odessa, and attended military school in Munich. Following his return to Greece, Rangavis served at the Ministry of Education, helped organize the founding of the first university of modern Greece in 1834 and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1856. Rangavis is the author of the first History of Modern Greek Literature (1877). He also wrote numerous plays and novels, and translated Dante, Schiller, Lessing, Goethe and Shakespeare into Greek.
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The Notary; Endnote; Biographical Note; Map of the Ionian Islands