 | Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer: A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence: The memoirs of Franz Nopcsa Subjects: Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel; Albania -- Description and travel; Nopcsa Ferencz báró 1877 1933 -- Travel -- Balkan Peninsula; Nopcsa Ferencz báró 1877 1933 -- Travel Albania; Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 20th century; Albania -- Hist; No detailed description available for "Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer". Nopcsa Franz : The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome travellers and scholars of south-eastern Europe in the early decades of the twentieth century. He was also a palaeontologist of renown and a noted geologist of the Balkan Peninsula. Elsie Robert :Robert Elsie is a writer, translator, interpreter, and specialist in Albanian studies. He is the author of over sixty books and countless articles on Albanian literature, history, and folk culture. |
