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Book ReviewsGreeceTravel
May 25, 2023 Editor

Book Review Peter Trudgill, In Sfakia (Lycabbetus, 2008)

Note; this review was first published years ago, and again in revised form on 5 May 2023, on my Substack

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Literary History and AnalysisLiteraturre
May 25, 2023 Editor

The Genius of G.K. Chesterton: How Borges Led Me to “The Blue Cross”

Note: the following essay was originally published in two parts in April 2023, on  my Substack newsletter, The Traveller’s Literary

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BalkansBook ReviewsHistory
May 25, 2023 Editor

Nobody’s Kingdom: A History of Northern Albania

Note; this review was originally published on my 5 April 2023, on my Substack newsletter, The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant. Reviewed

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GreeceHistoryLiterary History and AnalysisTurkey
April 6, 2023 Editor

Eric Ambler’s Literary Sub-Texts and the Greece-Turkey 1923 Population Exchanges: The Past as Eternally Present

Note: this analysis was originally published on 25 April 2023, on my Substack newsletter, The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant. By Christopher

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Book ReviewsHistory
April 6, 2023 Editor

Byzantine Rhetoric’s Political Messaging and Narrative Tactics: The Work of Historian Florin Leonte

Note: this interview feature was originally published on 17 March 2023, on my Substack newsletter, The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant. By

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GreeceTravel
March 16, 2023 Editor

Welcome to the 2023 Season at Crete’s Top Historic Hotel- The Hotel Doma of Chania

On 12 April, my favorite historic hotel in Crete will re-open for its 50th season, as I recently wrote on

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CyprusHistoryTurkey
March 16, 2023 Editor

A Second Pass- Returning to Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974

“Because all reviewing is re-reviewing” is the sub-title of my new Substack book discussion that begins thus: “I was honored

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Irish LiteratureLiterary History and AnalysisLiteraturre
March 16, 2023 Editor

Pádraic Ó Conaire, Father of Irish Modernism

Note: this article was originally published on 28 February 2023, on my Substack newsletter, The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant. By Christopher

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Book ReviewsIrish LiteratureLiterary History and Analysis
February 22, 2023 Editor

The Key Resources for Understanding Flann O’Brien’s Theatre Works

This article was originally published on 18 February 2023, on my Substack newsletter, The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant. By Christopher Deliso

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Irish LiteratureLiteraturrePhilosophy
February 22, 2023 Editor

J.M. Synge and Samuel Beckett: Irish Theatre and Philosophical Traditions

Two of the most different, but also most accomplished and important Irish playwrights were J,M. Synge (a co-founder of the

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  • The Musicality of Detective Grigoris: Exploring a Song’s Heritage and Literary Life
  • Voltaire’s Unexpected Influence on My Detective Fiction
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