Shortly before 5pm on Saturday 1 September 1928 Europe gained a new kingdom and its only Muslin king: 32-year-old Zog I of Albania. Zog I was a crucial figure i

The first political biography of King Zog and his times, in English, has become the standard work on interwar Albania.

King Zog was a curiosity, and so he has remained: the most unusual European monarch of the twentieth century, a man entirely without royal connections who creat

The Second World War in Europe has generated more literature than perhaps any other event in modern history. Much of the interest has focused on military histor