{"product_id":"the-long-reckoning-christopher-j-wheatley-9781918669343","title":"The Long Reckoning: Poems of Greece Since Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo centuries of Greek history-war, division, dictatorship, and the struggle for democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e traces the turbulent path of Greece since independence through a sequence of poems that confront the nation's defining trials. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the fragile early years of the modern state to the crises of the twentieth century and beyond, these poems move through the events that shaped Greece: the national schism, wars of expansion and catastrophe, occupation and resistance during the Second World War, the Greek Civil War, and the long shadow of military dictatorship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1974, with the collapse of the junta and the rejection of the monarchy, Greece chose its own constitutional path as a democratic republic. Yet new challenges followed, including political instability and the pressures of economic crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside these upheavals stand the voices of Greece's great cultural witnesses-poets, musicians, and artists whose work carried memory and conscience through years of conflict and change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in lyrical prose and narrative poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e blends history and reflection to explore how a society confronts its past, and how the pursuit of freedom continues across generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether with \u003ci\u003eA Dream Forged in Fire: Poems of the Greek War of Independence and Later Struggles for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, this book forms part of the \u003ci\u003eGreek Continuum\u003c\/i\u003e-a wider poetic chronicle of Greece's modern history. Published by Kolonna Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher J. Wheatley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1918669341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781918669343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kolonna Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Christopher J. Wheatley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665502441727,"sku":"9781918669343","price":20.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bcdebbc-7775-401d-afd2-eba25606b4e3.jpg?v=1792012306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-reckoning-christopher-j-wheatley-9781918669343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}