Due out, May-June 2005

Price: £9.95 / Euros 15    ISBN 0 948853 32 8     Paperback

352 pages, black and white with over 320 images

By Dr. Stavros Panteli, a Cypriot-born Historian. He has lectured and written extensively on Cyprus and the Greek-world in general, an area where he has in-depth knowledge following some 25 years of research into unpublished documents in the UK (especially), Cyprus, Greece and the US.

The Contents:

	The Formative Years
	Venetian and Ottoman misgovernment
	The 'Jewel' of the Mediterranean' secured for the British Crown
	Enosis, a recurring theme and a bone of contention
	A 'land of heros': the Cypriot contribution to the allied war effort of 1914-18 and 1939-45
	The troubled 1950's: Guerilla warfare and ethnic polarization
	The Zurich-London Agreements and the birth of the infant republic
	The coup and invasion of 1974 and the struggle to find a viable, comprehensive and just solution
	Cyprus joins the European Union, 1st May 2004
	A brief section on political personalities involved in the Cyprus question as well as on Cypriots renowned in various fields such as medicine and the arts

An up-to-date invaluable addition to our knowledge, written with clarity and objectivity.