Status Updates From Thracian Tales

'"Really now," I interrupted him, "have you finished with the trivial details? Get down to the story!" "Just a moment!" he replied in a bantering tone. "We're not in Europe where they sell meat without the bones!"'

'At the basis of his writing is a realization that much of human action is enigmatic and possibly inexplicable, and that an attempt to discover the motivations of people's actions can often lead to harrowing psychological consequences for the person carrying out the investigation.'

'The extent to which Vizyenos' stories are autobiographical is beside the point, but, as he became acquainted with novels and stories in English, French and German, he no doubt came to realize that the experiences his family had undergone were the stuff of fiction.'

Want to research;
Odrysians - who are supposed to be ancient rulers of Thrace
Janissary - described in this book as ‘fearsome Turks’ who would come into the villages (Greek) and take Christian boys and make them ‘Moslems’
Moslems?
History of Turkey and Greece. Also Balkans