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Skanderbeg
The Dragon of Albania
Elias Crowe
Book 1 in The Iron CrownsEnglishAvailable

Skanderbeg

The Dragon of Albania

by Elias Crowe

1443. As the Ottoman Empire sweeps across the Balkans, one of its most trusted commanders deserts on the battlefield of Niš and rides for the mountains of his birth.

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Skanderbeg

1443. As the Ottoman Empire sweeps across the Balkans, one of its most trusted commanders deserts on the battlefield of Niš and rides for the mountains of his birth.

Gjergj Kastrioti — known to friend and foe as Skanderbeg — will unite the quarrelling Albanian princes, raise the red banner over Krujë and hold back the greatest army of his age for twenty-five years.

A story of loyalty and betrayal, faith and fury, Skanderbeg: The Dragon of Albania brings one of history's great underdogs roaring back to life.

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“A thunderous, blood-and-snow epic that deserves a place beside the best of the genre.”
— The Historical Novel Review
“Crowe writes battle like a poet and politics like a spy.”
— Reader review, Goodreads
“I finished it at 3am and immediately wanted the sequel.”
— Amazon reviewer

About the author

Elias Crowe

Historical fiction of mountains, empires and defiance.

Elias Crowe writes sweeping historical fiction set on the frontiers of empire. A long-time student of Balkan and Byzantine history, he travels to every landscape he writes about, notebook in hand.

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