Bosnian Chronicle (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivo Andrić
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: 1806-1814
- Setting: Travnik, Bosnia
- Principal Characters: Jean Baptiste-Etienne Daville, Josef von Mitterer, Mehmed-Pasha, Ibrahim-Pasha, Ali-Pasha
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Politics, France or French people, Nineteenth century, Ethnic relations, Austria or Austrians, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, East and West, Diplomacy or diplomats
- Locales: Bosnia
The Novel
Bosnian Chronicle is a chronicle of life in Travnik, a provincial Turkish capital in Bosnia during the first two decades of the nineteenth century. Since then, Travnik has lost all significance and is now merely a small town, but in those days, it was an administrative seat at the westernmost border of the Ottoman Empire and the residence of a vizier. Because the French occupied nearby Dalmatia and the Turks were forced to retreat from Hungary, Travnik became important beyond its true political and strategic value. It was so important that in 1806 the...
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