New York Times Bestselling Author Peter Balakian has released his latest book covering the history of the Armenian Genocide, 'Armenian Golgotha' - a memoir authored by his great-uncle Grigoris Balakian.
Peter Balakian, who has translated this book to English, previously authored 'The Burning Tigris' and 'Black Dog of Fate'. 'Armenian Golgotha' covers events following arguably the most important moment in Armenia's history, when "on the night of April 24th, 1915 in Constantinople; about 250 Armenian cultural leaders were arrested and deported to a prison".
"Among them was Grigoris Balakian, a priest and later a bishop in the Armenian Apostolic Church, an esteemed clergyman and intellectual. For the 42-year-old Balakian it was the beginning of a four-year odyssey as a prisoner, a fugitive and a witness to the Armenian genocide - all recorded for posterity in his memoir, Armenian Golgotha." (information
courtesy of review by History Book Club - click here)
The book,
available for purchase through Amazon by clicking here, has earned great scholarly praise:
"Read this heartbreaking book. Armenian Golgotha describes the suffering, agony and massacre of innumerable Armenian families almost a century ago; its memory must remain a lesson for more than one generation."
- Elie Wiesel"Grigoris Balakian's Armenian Golgotha is a powerful, moving account of the Armenian Genocide, a story that needs to be known, and is told here with a sweep of experience and wealth of detail that is as disturbing as it is irrefutable."
- Sir Martin Gilbert
