Joseph Swire

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Joseph Swire (1903–1978) was a journalist and historian with a particular interest in the Balkans.

Life

Swire travelled in Albania and wrote a book about the country before being accredited as a journalist there in 1930. In 1931 he was expelled for publishing stories displeasing to the Zog regime.[1] In 1932 he became the correspondent of Reuters and The New York Times in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, where he was expelled in 1935.[1]

After the Second World War he settled in the west of Scotland and worked as bursar to Gordonstoun School.[1]

Publications

  • Albania: The Rise of a Kingdom, 1929
  • King Zog's Albania, 1937
  • Bulgarian Conspiracy, 1939

References

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