A unique destiny : the memoir of the last tsar of Bulgaria, prime minister of a republic
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon, 1937-2021
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During World War II, most of Europe's last monarchies collapsed. Under Tsar Boris III, Bulgaria had been a reluctant ally of Hitler's Germany, refusing to send troops to fight the Soviets and resisting the Holocaust. But after Boris died in 1943, the Red Army entered the country, and communists executed much of the royal family and sent the boy-tsar, Simeon II, into exile, first to Turkey and Egypt, then to Spain. In 2001, Simeon was elected prime minister of Bulgaria in a landslide that swept out the country's two major parties. The crown jewel of his time in power was brining Bulgaria into NATO. He peacefully left power in 2005. In the first English translation of this colourful memoir, Simeon - the world's last tsar and one of two living heads of state from World War II - recounts with honesty and humour an eventful life from Bulgaria to Spain and the United States, and back to Bulgaria.
Main title:
A unique destiny : the memoir of the last tsar of Bulgaria, prime minister of a republic / Simeon II of Bulgaria with Sebastien de Courtois.
Author:
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon, 1937-, authorCourtois, Sébastien de, author
Imprint:
Mechanicsburg : Stackpole Books, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780811739757 (hbk)
Dewey class:
949.9032092
Local class:
949.9032092
Language:
EnglishFrench
Added title:
Subject:
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon, 1937-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon, 1937- -- FamilyPrime ministers -- Bulgaria -- BiographyBulgaria -- Kings and rulers -- BiographyBulgaria -- Politics and government -- 1944-Sofia (Bulgaria) -- BiographyExiles -- Bulgaria -- BiographyExiles -- Spain -- BiographyMadrid (Spain) -- Biography
BRN:
3189223