{"product_id":"2940015715262","title":"BULGARIA","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e                                                            Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION                                     1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e    BULGARIA AND THE DEATH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE                15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e    THE SCRAP-HEAP OF RACES                                   36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e    BULGARIA--A POWER AND A TURKISH PROVINCE                  52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e    THE LIBERATION OF BULGARIA                                65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e    THE WAR OF 1912-1913                                      77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e    A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S TRIALS IN BULGARIA                  99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003e    INCIDENTS OF BULGARIAN CHARACTER                         120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e    THE TRAGEDY OF 1914                                      134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e    SOME FACTS FOR THE TOURIST AND THE ECONOMIST             150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e    HOW BULGARIA IS GOVERNED                                 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003e    THE FUTURE OF BULGARIA                                   174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003e    THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EUROPE                             187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    INDEX                                                    207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By JAN V. MRKVITCHKA and NOEL POCOCK*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     1.  A Young Shôp Man of the District of Sofia        _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                            FACING PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     2. A Contented Turk                                             8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     3. A Peasant at Work--District of Tsaribrod                    17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     4. Women of Pordim, in the Plevna District                     19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     5. In the Harvest Fields near Sofia                            22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     6. A Shôp Woman of the District of Sofia                       24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     7. A Woman of Thrace, of the Shôp Tribe, and of Macedonia      33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     8. *Sistov, on the Danube                                      40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     9. Ancient Costume of Balkan Peasant Women near Gabrovo        49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    10. A Wedding in the Rhodopes                                   56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    11. *Roustchouk, on the Danube                                  65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    12. \"Mystery\"--a Study in the Roustchouk District               67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    13. A Blind Beggar Woman                                        70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    14. A Young Married Shôp Woman                                  72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    15. *A Bulgarian Market Town                                    75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    16. Blessing the Lamb on St. George's Day                       78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    17. *The Cathedral, Sofia                                       81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    18. *An Adrianople Street                                       88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    19. *The Shipka Pass                                            97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    20. A Young Widow at her Husband's Grave                       104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    21. Gipsies                                                    113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    22. A Peasant of the Tsaribrod District                        120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    23. The Ratchenitza, the National Dance of Bulgaria            129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    24. A Bagpiper                                                 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    25. A Young Girl of Irn                                        145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    26. Guarding the Flocks and Herds                              152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    27. An Old Street in Philippopolis                             161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    28. A Grave Question                                           168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    29. A Young Man of the Choumla District                        177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    30. *A Bulgarian Farm                                          184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    31. A Young Woman of the Roustchouk District                   193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    32. At the Well                                                200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        _Sketch Map at end of Volume._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBULGARIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY WAY OF INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstructed in the autumn of 1912 to join the Bulgarian army, then\u003cbr\u003emobilising for war against Turkey, as war correspondent for the _London\u003cbr\u003eMorning Post_, I made my preparations with the thought uppermost that I\u003cbr\u003ewas going to a cut-throat country where massacre was the national sport\u003cbr\u003eand human life was regarded with no sentimental degree of respect. The\u003cbr\u003eBulgarians, a generation ago, had been paraded before the eyes of the\u003cbr\u003eBritish people by the fiery eloquence of Mr. Gladstone as a deeply\u003cbr\u003esuffering people, wretched victims of Turkish atrocities.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146306273520,"sku":"2940015715262","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015715262","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}