This new biography of Harilaos Trikoupis, seven times Prime Minister of Greece in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, is illustrated with photographs, paintings and prints, newspaper cuttings, maps and cartoons, and also includes numerous documents from his archives, mostly unpublished until now. It aims to throw light on many previously unknown elements in the life of this great political figure and to make him accessible to a wider public by providing the opportunity not only to follow his career but to gain an insight into his family and political environment. The book's wide variety of attractive illustrations, with their extensive and well-documented captions, bring events and people vividly to life and make it a publication of value not only to researchers but the ordinary reader. 600 col. Illus. Greek language text.