Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Inside the Hermit Kingdom : Football Stories from Stalinist Albania, Paperback / softback Book

Inside the Hermit Kingdom : Football Stories from Stalinist Albania Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

Inside the Hermit Kingdom charts the history of Albanian football from 1945 to 1991, when the country was ruled by modern Europe's most brutal and oppressive regime.

The book features a chronology of Albanian football history interspersed with iconic games that shaped the nation's favourite sport.

It details the matchday experience in Stalinist Albania, tells the story of a league footballer during the regime years and charts the growth of street football in Hoxhaist Tirana. You'll read about the demise of 'The Party' and Stalinism in Albania and the effects their disintegration had on football, peering beyond 1991 into a future riddled with conflict, uncertainty and, oddly, hope. The era is brought to life by the accounts of Albanians who lived through it, which capture the importance of football to a populace starved of any other source of communal enjoyment.

The otherworldliness and innate cruelty of the Stalinist regime provide a terrifying backdrop to their tales.

Information

Save 18%

£14.99

£12.15

In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information