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- Title
A FAMILY OF DIPLOMATS, COSMOPOLITANS, PATRIOTS, AND GARDENERS.
- Authors
Firkatian, Mari; Nikova, Ekaterina
- Abstract
Mari A. Firkatian's book "Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History" is a biography of the influential Bulgarian Stancioff family, which played an important role in Bulgarian foreign politics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book, which bases its research on family memoirs, diaries and correspondence offers a valuable insight on the political and diplomatic history of the period, gives background on the Bulgarian royal family, and also covers issues of class, elites, gender, monarchy, patriotism, and identity as they interweave with the family's life. Of special attention in the book is the life and experiences of Nadejda Stancioff, who became the first woman diplomat in Bulgarian and became a celebrity in her own country. Her story would be of interest to feminist writers.
- Subjects
DIPLOMATS &; Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History (Book); FIRKATIAN, Mari A.; STANCIOFF family; NONFICTION
- Publication
Balkan Studies / Études Balkaniques, 2009, Vol 45, Issue 1, p196
- ISSN
0324-1645
- Publication type
Book Review