"Exploding the myths of Cyprus history
By Constantine Markides
In his book, A History of Cyprus, historian Stavros Panteli, has used British archives to uncover the island’s real past
MUCH of what poses as historical fact, especially the official variety, really amounts to little more than hearsay, gossip, and hand-me-down propaganda. But some historical sources are less subjective than others. Historian and lecturer Stavros Panteli has tried to avoid any speculation in his latest book on modern Cypriot history, A History of Cyprus, drawing primarily upon unpublished primary sources from the National Archives in London.
The National Archives is a British governmental organisation created in April 2003 that combined the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission. It is open to the public and claims to be “one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1,000 years of British history, from the Domesday Book to government papers recently released to the public”."
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