Barrùs il pirata

In 1828, while the war of independence against the Ottoman rule broke out in Greece, Russian, French and English ships rushed to the Aegean Sea coming to the rescue of the freedom fighters. Alongside them, on the somewhat fluctuating border between heroism and personal gain, fleets of adventurers of various kinds sailed the waves of the ancient sea, in search of enrichment and glory.

The most fearsome was Gheorghitsis Barrùs, the pirate of the fortress-island of Garabusa, in northern Crete, who after having sunk a Dutch ship and kidnapped the sweet Chrisò, met his fate paying the price for his wickedness. Love, betrayal, naval battles, sacrifice and acts of heroism compose the mosaic of a vigorous narrative that constitutes one of the highlights of Greek narratives of naval life and adventures. The book also includes the short story To Cyprus! To Famagusta! set in Cyprus at the time of General Marco Antonio Bragadin.