Lion of the Balkans

Small Press Bookwatch, Dec, 2004

Lion of the Balkans

Vladimir Chernozemsky

Triumvirate Publications

497 West Avenue 44, Los Angeles, CA 90065-3917

1932656014 $24.95 1-818-340-6770

Prolific Bulgarian-American author Vladimir Chernozemsky sets his novel Lion of the Balkans during the bloody Balkan War. Grounded in bitter realism, from the family letters, diaries, and tales told by family of devastating times, Lion of the Balkansrecounts how, after five centuries of rule by the Ottoman Turks, Bulgaria allied with its neighboring nations to drive the Turkish army to the gates of Constantinople. In reclaiming its independence and restoring its territory, Bulgaria became the Lion of the Balkans--although later events of history would surely engulf the Lion in more warfare. An exciting saga of sweeping conflict, fierce pride and unbridled determination in spite of great cost.