The Cannon and the Nightingale

A quartet of short stories about Greece during the various occupations during World War 2

Astrapogiannos

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

Παγίδα

In the Turkish-occupied Greece of the 18th century, Menousis when the Turks would kill his wife, decides to climb the mountains and along with the thieves to fight for the liberation of his country.