G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London 1930
Printed in Great Britain by the Camelot Press Limited London and Southampton
dedicated by gracious permission to Boris III, Tsar of the Bulgarians
CONTENTS
BOOK I THE CHILDREN OF THE HUNS
CHAPTER I THE FIVE SONS OF KING KUBRAT 3
CHAPTER II BARBARIANS IN THE BALKANS 22
BOOK II THE GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE
CHAPTER I AN EMPEROR’S SKULL 47
CHAPTER II EXCURSION INTO THE WEST 71
CHAPTER III THE AUCTION OF SOULS 99
BOOK III THE TWO EAGLES
CHAPTER I EMPEROR OF THE BULGARS AND THE ROMANS 133
CHAPTER II MEN OF GOD AND MEN OF BLOOD 184
CHAPTER III THE END OF AN EMPIRE 217
EPILOGUE 255
APPENDICES
I ORIGINAL SOURCES FOR EARLY BULGARIAN HISTORY 265
II THE BULGARIAN PRINCES’ LIST 272
III ERNACH AND IRNIK 279
IV CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE SLAVS BEFORE THE NINTH CENTURY 281
V BULGAR TITLES 284
VI THE GREAT FENCE OF THRACE 288
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VII LEO THE ARMENIAN’S SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN 290
VIII MALAMIR AND PRESIAM 292
IX THE CYRILLIC AND GLAGOLITIC ALPHABETS 297
X SYMEON’S IMPERIAL MARRIAGE SCHEME 299
XI THE PEACE OF 927 AND PETER’S TITLE 301
XII THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EMPEROR NICEPHORUS PHOCAS’S BULGARIAN WARS 303
BIBLIOGRAPHY 307
INDEX 325
MAP OF BULGARIA DURING THE FIRST EMPIRE at end