Kosovo – the Albanian-inhabited region of the former Yugoslavia – is potentially the most exsplosive of all the danger zones of Europe. In this first-ever complete history of the area, Noel Malcolm carefully sifts facts from fiction and lays to rest many of the false claims which have bedevilled discussion and debate.

” A dreadnought of a book, all biog guns, covering the whole history of Kosovo, with an authority that is often breathtaking and never oppressive.” – Norman Stone,  SUNDAY TIMES