A Dream Forged in Fire: Poems of the Greek War of Independence and later struggles for freedom (The Greek Continuum)

Wheatley, Christopher J

ISBN 10: 1918669244 / ISBN 13: 9781918669244

Edité par Kolonna Press, 2026

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• Titre: A Dream Forged in Fire: Poems of the Greek War of Independence and later struggles for freedom (The Greek Continuum)
• Éditeur: Kolonna Press
• Date de parution: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1918669244
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781918669244
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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A revolt against the Ottoman Empire, these poems follow the Greek Revolution of 1821 from its first spark to the moment a nation emerged from fire.

A Dream Forged in Fire is a cycle of lyrical poems about the Greek War of Independence and the birth of modern Greece.

Drawing on historical events, personalities, and landscapes, the poems trace the struggle from its uncertain beginnings to the turning points that reshaped Europe. They move from the uprising of 1821 to decisive moments such as the Battle of Navarino, and the fragile birth of the new state under Ioannis Kapodistrias. Figures such as Theodoros Kolokotronis, Lord Byron, and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt appear alongside priests, sailors, merchants, and fighters whose lives were drawn into the uprising and centuries of Ottoman rule in Greece. The poems evoke moments that became symbols of the war—Chios, Psara, Missolonghi, Mani, and the campaigns of the Peloponnese—as well as the wider forces of diplomacy, faith, exile, and sacrifice that shaped the outcome.

Rather than a chronological history, the book offers poetic interpretations of the war’s meaning: how revolution begins, how nations are imagined, and how individual courage and suffering can alter the course of history. The poems explore the roles of the Greek diaspora, the Orthodox Church, European philhellenism, and the maritime island fleets of Hydra, Spetses, and Psara, whose fireships challenged the power of the Ottoman navy.

Written by an author long resident in Greece, the collection reflects a deep engagement with the country’s landscape, memory, and identity. Combining history and lyrical reflection, A Dream Forged in Fire presents the War of Independence as a moment when faith, language, and imagination helped turn rebellion into a nation.

Together with The Long Reckoning: Poems of Greece Since Independence, this book forms part of The Greek Continuum—a wider poetic chronicle of Greece’s modern history. Published by Kolonna Press.