
Lord of the Stolen Mountains: The Story of Ali Pasha
Gaurav Garg Author
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
In the savage, unforgiving mountains of late 18th-century Ottoman Albania, a boy’s world is shattered by his father’s murder. Fuelled by an oath of vengeance and guided by his formidable mother, Khamko, young Ali of Tepelena embarks on a relentless ascent from hunted outlaw to master kleft, his cunning as sharp as his yataghan. The Stolen Mountains become his crucible, forging a leader whose ambition will shake the foundations of an empire.
As Ali Pasha, the “Lion of Ioannina,” he carves out a vast, virtually independent kingdom across Epirus and Thessaly. His Saray glitters with plundered wealth, his armies, bound by the sacred Skipetar’s oath, are the most feared in the Balkans. He outmaneuvers treacherous Ottoman viziers in Constantinople, tames wild bandit chieftains like Kara Kol and Gavril Vlachos with chilling brutality, and engages in a deadly game of diplomacy with Napoleon’s France and Great Britain, charming poets like Lord Byron even as he plots his next conquest. His reign is a paradox: a patron of arts and learning, yet a tyrant whose justice is swift and terrible, whose enemies, like the heroic Souliotes or the tragic Kyra Frosini, pay an unimaginable price for defiance.
"Lord of the Stolen Mountains" is an epic saga of ambition, power, vengeance, and betrayal, painting a vivid portrait of a complex historical figure and the turbulent era he dominated. Ali Pasha's rise was legendary, his reign a storm of contrasts, and his downfall a stark reminder that even the most powerful lions can be brought to bay. But his legacy, intertwined with the birth of modern Greece, would echo through the mountains long after his roar was silenced.
Duration - 15h 47m.
Author - Gaurav Garg Author.
Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G.
Published Date - Thursday, 02 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Gaurav Garg ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. In the savage, unforgiving mountains of late 18th-century Ottoman Albania, a boy’s world is shattered by his father’s murder. Fuelled by an oath of vengeance and guided by his formidable mother, Khamko, young Ali of Tepelena embarks on a relentless ascent from hunted outlaw to master kleft, his cunning as sharp as his yataghan. The Stolen Mountains become his crucible, forging a leader whose ambition will shake the foundations of an empire. As Ali Pasha, the “Lion of Ioannina,” he carves out a vast, virtually independent kingdom across Epirus and Thessaly. His Saray glitters with plundered wealth, his armies, bound by the sacred Skipetar’s oath, are the most feared in the Balkans. He outmaneuvers treacherous Ottoman viziers in Constantinople, tames wild bandit chieftains like Kara Kol and Gavril Vlachos with chilling brutality, and engages in a deadly game of diplomacy with Napoleon’s France and Great Britain, charming poets like Lord Byron even as he plots his next conquest. His reign is a paradox: a patron of arts and learning, yet a tyrant whose justice is swift and terrible, whose enemies, like the heroic Souliotes or the tragic Kyra Frosini, pay an unimaginable price for defiance. "Lord of the Stolen Mountains" is an epic saga of ambition, power, vengeance, and betrayal, painting a vivid portrait of a complex historical figure and the turbulent era he dominated. Ali Pasha's rise was legendary, his reign a storm of contrasts, and his downfall a stark reminder that even the most powerful lions can be brought to bay. But his legacy, intertwined with the birth of modern Greece, would echo through the mountains long after his roar was silenced. Duration - 15h 47m. Author - Gaurav Garg Author. Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G. Published Date - Thursday, 02 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Gaurav Garg ©.
Language:
English
Title Page
Duration:00:00:09
About Author
Duration:00:00:21
Chapter 1: The Blood Price of Tepelena
Duration:00:13:19
Chapter 2: Khamko's Crucible
Duration:00:23:14
Chapter 3: The Kleft's First Blood
Duration:00:18:38
Chapter 4: The Shame of Kardhiq
Duration:00:18:18
Chapter 5: Whispers of Fratricide
Duration:00:17:43
Chapter 6: The Fox of Tepelena
Duration:00:22:16
Chapter 8: The Keeper of the Passes
Duration:00:21:44
Chapter 9: Constantinople's Gilded Cage
Duration:00:23:30
Chapter 10: The Serpent Learns to Strike
Duration:00:17:45
Chapter 11: A Bride for Ambition
Duration:00:21:37
Chapter 13: Delvina's Bloody Dawn
Duration:00:21:06
Chapter 14: Ioannina's First Taste
Duration:00:22:02
Chapter 15: A Wolf in Pasha's Robes
Duration:00:21:07
Chapter 16: The Austro-Turkish Front
Duration:00:23:51
Chapter 17: The Spoils of War
Duration:00:20:28
Chapter 18: Taming the Wild Bands
Duration:00:22:51
Chapter 19: The Gates of Ioannina Beckon
Duration:00:21:13
Chapter 20: The Characteristic Trick
Duration:00:23:00
Chapter 21: The New Throne of Epirus
Duration:00:22:21
Chapter 22: The Order of the Lion
Duration:00:25:28
Chapter 23: The Court of Contrasts
Duration:00:18:58
Chapter 24: Byron in the Lion's Den
Duration:00:23:14
Chapter 25: Whispers from the West
Duration:00:24:26
Chapter 26: The Suliot Thorn – First Blood (1789-1793)
Duration:00:23:56
Chapter 27: The Treachery of Lambros Tzavelas
Duration:00:24:28
Chapter 28: The Fortress of Kiafa (1792)
Duration:00:23:36
Chapter 29: The Second Suliot War – The Ring of Iron (1800-1803)
Duration:00:21:34
Chapter 30: Samuel's Defiance at Kughi
Duration:00:22:03
Chapter 31: The Dance of Zalongo
Duration:00:20:00
Chapter 32: The Price of Souli
Duration:00:17:14
Chapter 33: The Pashalik of Berat – The Net Closes (1808-1809)
Duration:00:20:46
Chapter 34: The Fall of Ibrahim Pasha
Duration:00:20:47
Chapter 35: The Lion's Spies
Duration:00:28:04
Chapter 36: The Skipetar's Oath – Forging an Army
Duration:00:24:40
Chapter 37: The European Game – Napoleon's Shadow
Duration:00:23:49
Chapter 38: The Parga Dispute – A Port Denied
Duration:00:16:55
Chapter 39: Kyra Vassiliki – The Christian Heart
Duration:00:20:35
Chapter 40: The Drowning of Kyra Frosini (January 1800)
Duration:00:18:39
Chapter 41: The Unchecked Tyranny
Duration:00:19:19
Chapter 42: The Constantinople Gambit
Duration:00:19:16
Chapter 43: The Noose Tightens
Duration:00:20:22
Chapter 44: Siege of the Lion
Duration:00:22:11
Chapter 45: Betrayal and Defeat
Duration:00:19:29
Chapter 46: A Head for the Sultan
Duration:00:14:53
Chapter 47: Echoes in the Storm
Duration:00:16:02