Bosnian Trilogy #1
Un puente sobre el Drina
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (1863 – 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-...
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Karađorđe Petrović
Đorđe Petrović OSA, better known by the sobriquet Black George, or Karađorđe (1768 – 1817), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his countrys independence from the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising of 1804 – 1813.Born ...
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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1506 – 1579) was an Ottoman statesman. Born in Ottoman Herzegovina into a Serbian Orthodox Christian family, Mehmed was taken away at an early age as part of the Ottoman devşirme system of collection of Christian boys to be raised to...
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Abidaga
the first overseer of the construction of the bridge over the Drina, a cruel and tyrannical man...
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Fata Avdagina
the beautiful and quick-witted daughter of Avdaga Osmanagić, a Turkish businessman from Velje Lug...
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Radisav
a peasant from the village of Unište...
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Alihodja Mutevelić
mutevelia of Mehmed Pashas foundation in Visegrád and an opponent of armed resistance to the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovinamore...
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Osman Effendi Karamanli
assistant to the mufti of Plevelje, a fervent advocate of armed resistance to the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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The Man From Plvelje
chief of the guards charged with protecting the construction of the bridge from sabotage, and a frequent butt of Abidagas wrathmore...
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Pop Nikola
the Orthodox priest of Visegrád at the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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Mula Ibrahim
the hodja of Visegrád at the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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Arif Beg
the second overseer of the construction of the bridge at Visegrád...
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Shemsibeg Branković
a beg of Visegrád and an intransigent opponent of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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Milan Glasinčanin
a gambler...
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Lotte Apfelmaier
hotelier at Visegrád...
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Gregor Fedun
a soldier from Galicia charged with guarding the bridge over the Drina during the Austro-Hungarian occupation...
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Janko Stiković
a student...
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Fehim Bhatijarević
a young man planning to study oriental languages in Vienna...
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Nikola Glasičanin
grandson of Milan Glasičanin and clerk to a German timber exporting firm...
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Zorka
a schoolmistress...
