It has been 115 years since the beginning of Eleftherios Venizelos' political activity and 90 years since his death. Today, with the distance of time, we must approach with sobriety a personality who shaped the history of modern Greece.
Venizelos was a Statesman with international recognition. He had personal radiance and strong influence, he was a great thinker but also deeply divisive. He acquired fanatical friends and implacable enemies, while he was twice the target of assassination attempts. His political career, his achievements and his mistakes, compose a fascinating mosaic that deserves to be presented, without hagiographic exaggerations and without animosity. Writing a book that examines the two sides of the great politician is a true challenge – which Dimitrios Karamitsos undertook to implement with courage and historical responsibility.