LEADER 03929nam 2200577 450 001 9910793459403321 005 20230803215230.0 010 $a615-5225-81-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9786155225819 035 $a(CKB)4100000007803135 035 $a(OCoLC)884854925 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28124 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137371 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856640 035 $a(OCoLC)878149137 035 $a(DE-B1597)633621 035 $a(DE-B1597)9786155225819 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137371 035 $a(OCoLC)1338020414 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007803135 100 $a20140413h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aTraveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer $eA Transylvanian Baron at the birth of Albanian Independence. The Memoirs of Franz Nopcsa /$fedited and translated by Robert Elsie 210 1$aBudapest, Hungary :$cCentral European University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource 300 $a"A (partial) English translation of the German-language manuscript Reisen in den Balkan : die Lebenserinnerungen des Franz Baron Nopcsa (Travels in the Balkans : the memoirs of Baron Franz Nopcsa) which was edited by Robert Elsie and published in book form in Peja (Kosovo) in 2001; the present English-language translation of the memoirs ... was carried out in the years 2011-2012; it comprises the core sections of the German original, though it excludes the material on his early years, his military career in the First World War, and the ... episode of his life when he gave up his social position and lived as a Romanian shepherd in the Carpathian mountains"--Introduction. 311 $a615-5225-80-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInitial travels (1903-1904) -- Research in Albania (1905-1910) -- Between the annexation and the Balkan War (1910-1912) -- From the Balkan War to the World War (1912-1914) -- Index of names and places. 330 $aThe Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome travelers and scholars of Southeast Europe in the early decades of the twentieth century. He was also a paleontologist of renown and a noted geologist of the Balkan Peninsula : many of his assumptions have been confirmed by science. The Memoirs of this fascinating figure deal mainly with his travels in the Balkans, and specifically in the remote and wild mountains of northern Albania, in the years from 1903 to 1914. They thus cover the period of Ottoman Rule, the Balkan Wars and the outbreak of the First World War. Nopcsa was a keen adventurer who hiked through regions of northern Albania. With time, he became a leading expert in Albanian studies. He was also deeply involved in the politics of the period. In 1913, Nopcsa even offered himself as a candidate for the vacant Albanian throne. The Introduction also tells of Nopcsa's tragic death: he shot his Albanian secretary and partner before killing himself. The memoirs themselves reveal some references to his homosexuality for those who can read between the lines. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern$2bisacsh 607 $aBalkan Peninsula$xDescription and travel 607 $aAlbania$xDescription and travel 607 $aBalkan Peninsula$xHistory$y20th century 610 $aAlbania, Balkan, Biography, Habsburg Empire, History, Memoir, Ottoman Empire, Travel, World War I. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern. 676 $a914.9604/38 700 $aNopcsa$b Franz.$0496848 702 $aElsie$b Robert$f1950- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793459403321 996 $aTraveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer$93679155 997 $aUNINA