Dilessi murders
The Dilessi murders were committed between 4 and 7 April 1870, when one
brigands while touring the area near Marathon. The events triggered a crisis between Greece and the United Kingdom.[1]
See Also
Josslyn Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster
Further reading
- Notes on the recent murders by brigands in Greece. Cartwright. 1870. Contemporary report on the incident by Ioannes Gennadius, founder of the Gennadius Library.
- The Dilessi murders. Prion. 1998-08-01. Romilly James Heald Jenkins.
- Stevens, Crosby (1989). Ransom and Murder in Greece: Lord Muncaster's Journal, 1870. Lutterworth Press. ISBN 9780718827526.