Synopses & Reviews
This book tells of the hold that Albania and its people came to exercise over one Englishman. Colonel Dayrell Oakley-Hill's memoirs provide a vivid description of the landscape, people and customs of this beautiful country and the two very different leaders that he came to know well--King Zog and Enver Hoxha. Oakley-Hill returned to the UK in 1955, but never severed his connections with Albania. Right up to his death in 1985 he was tireless in his efforts to help Albanian refugees and for many years served as Secretary to the Anglo-Albanian Association.
I.B.Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies
About the Author
Dayrell Oakley-Hill (1898-1985) was a soldier, spy, diplomat and former Secretary of the Anglo-Albanian Association.
Bejtullah Destani is a British-Albanian scholar and the author of Albania & Kosovo, Political and Ethnic Boundaries, 1867-1946 and Ethnic Minorities in the Balkan States, 1860-1971.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Foreword * Some Notes on Albanian Pronunciation * Acknowledgements * Map of Albania * An Englishman in Albania * The Mountains of Illyria * King Zog's Albania * Behind Enemy Lines * From S.O.E to UNRRA * Negotiations with Hoxha * Last Sight of Albania * Appendices * The Royal Albanian Gendarmerie * Changing Albania * What I Saw in Little Albania * Letter from Anthony Eden * Plan for Revolt in Northern Albania * Message to the Albanians * Letter to Abas Kupi * Letter within the Foreign Office * Letter to Ernest Bevin * Letter to Melhem Mobarak * Memoir by Ruby Oakley-Hill * Bibliography
I.B.Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies
Introduction * Foreword * Some Notes on Albanian Pronunciation * Acknowledgements * Map of Albania * An Englishman in Albania * The Mountains of Illyria * King Zog's Albania * Behind Enemy Lines * From S.O.E to UNRRA * Negotiations with Hoxha * Last Sight of Albania * Appendices * The Royal Albanian Gendarmerie * Changing Albania * What I Saw in Little Albania * Letter from Anthony Eden * Plan for Revolt in Northern Albania * Message to the Albanians * Letter to Abas Kupi * Letter within the Foreign Office * Letter to Ernest Bevin * Letter to Melhem Mobarak * Memoir by Ruby Oakley-Hill * Bibliography