R. J. Crampton is Professor of East European History at the University of Oxford. He has written a number of books on modern Eastern Europe History, including Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - and After (1996) and The Balkans since the Second World War (2002).

• 1. The Bulgarian lands from pre-history to the arrival of the Bulgarians; 2. Mediaeval Bulgaria, 681–1393; 3. Ottoman rule in the Bulgarian lands; 4. The national revival and the liberation; 5. The consolidation of the Bulgarian state, 1878–96; 6. Ferdinand's personal rule, 1896–1918; 7. Bulgaria 1918–44; 8. Bulgaria under communist rule, 1944–89; 9. Post-communist Bulgaria.

'This excellent book is succinct and very readable.' Mainstream

R. J. Crampton is Professor of East European History at the University of Oxford. He has written a number of books on modern Eastern Europe History, including Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - and After (1996) and The Balkans since the Second World War (2002).

• 1. The Bulgarian lands from pre-history to the arrival of the Bulgarians; 2. Mediaeval Bulgaria, 681–1393; 3. Ottoman rule in the Bulgarian lands; 4. The national revival and the liberation; 5. The consolidation of the Bulgarian state, 1878–96; 6. Ferdinand's personal rule, 1896–1918; 7. Bulgaria 1918–44; 8. Bulgaria under communist rule, 1944–89; 9. Post-communist Bulgaria.

'This excellent book is succinct and very readable.' Mainstream

R. J. Crampton is Professor of East European History at the University of Oxford. He has written a number of books on modern Eastern Europe History, including Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - and After (1996) and The Balkans since the Second World War (2002).

• 1. The Bulgarian lands from pre-history to the arrival of the Bulgarians; 2. Mediaeval Bulgaria, 681–1393; 3. Ottoman rule in the Bulgarian lands; 4. The national revival and the liberation; 5. The consolidation of the Bulgarian state, 1878–96; 6. Ferdinand's personal rule, 1896–1918; 7. Bulgaria 1918–44; 8. Bulgaria under communist rule, 1944–89; 9. Post-communist Bulgaria.

'This excellent book is succinct and very readable.' Mainstream