The Bulgarians in the Past

Pages from the Bulgarian cultural history.

Dimitar Mishev publishes this work in Bulgarian in 1916.  The first English translation appears three years later.  The author touches upon and defines the most relevant and important cultural events in Bulgarian history.  The latter are pursued in parallel with events in the countries neighboring Bulgaria.  Mishev lays the foundation of the mix of events from which Bulgarian identity and national interests are based upon.  His spirit of defending the Bulgarian interests, of Bulgarian law, of the Bulgarian honor manifests itself in its element after the catastrophes in the two wars which led to Bulgarian people's unification.  Bulgaria is not only outraged and cruelly slashed, it is ruthless and slandered by its enemies. Fenced on all sides during the Balkan Wars, it is sheltered with defenseless allegations of monster crimes. Since it is not possible to act against these accusations here, Mishev finds himself in neutral Switzerland and there, from Lausanne and Geneva, he lends himself with the defense of the Bulgarian honor. As a frontrunner in the struggle against our blaspheurs and slanders, Mishev follows all slandered bulwarks, writes letters, telegrams to prominent European statesmen and political figures; With the abundant information he has on hand, makes public exposures to liars and defamers.