The Mountain Wreath of P.P. Nyegosh: Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830-1851 [Hardcover]

Prince Bishop of Montenegro Petar II (Author), James W. Wiles (Author)

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Text: English, Serbo-Croation (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint; 2 edition (December 1, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 083714311X
• ISBN-13: 978-0837143118
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,240,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mountain Wreath, June 20, 2004

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Serb (Winston Salem, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mountain Wreath of P.P. Nyegosh: Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830-1851 (Hardcover)

This is one of the greatest works of Serbian Literature. The best prouf is that Goethe learned Serbian just to read this book in original Serbian languange. It describes how Monte Negro fought against Turks and how some of them converted to Islam. By this he describes and explains one greater image of all others Serbs who converted to Islam, mainly in Bosnia, and how this problem caused and still causes many problems. He also goes deep into the history to describe Serbian history so a reader can understand the present. This book is also ful of verses which have deep menaing which can be applied on everyday life. The verses dont rhime but they have deep menainig which makes this book great.

Zivjela Velika Srbija!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mountain Wreath, May 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mountain Wreath of P.P. Nyegosh: Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830-1851 (Hardcover)

"THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT"!

This book is a must for anyone interested in the history of the Balkans and in the history of Christianity. It holds the key to resolving the current Balkan conflict(s), and avoiding the future ones. State Department should require that all their people understand this book before they attempt to deal with the Balkans. Understanding Mountain Wreath means going beyond the literal meaning of the words, and having somebody with an adequate background to interpret it. Although the book is pretty simple, it is not easily translatable in English language, like other archaic books and scriptures.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book of Montenegro, October 21, 2000

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Milos Milosevic "creativemindfactory" (Milan, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mountain Wreath of P.P. Nyegosh: Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830-1851 (Hardcover)

This is certanly the best book written by a Montenegrin which gives us so much information about Montenegrin history and Montenegrins. Montenegrins, people from the mountains, with their language, religion and brave hearts were protecting their name, their country MONTENEGRO, from islamic ottoman Turks. Some of the Montenegrins were converted to Islam and this book is writing about them being converted back again to orthodox christianity or being killed if they refused. Very dramatic book which is deep in heart of every MONTENEGRIN.

Note: translation in English in some parts is not very accurate.

P.S. Zivjela NEZAVISNA CRNA GORA!!!