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Montenegro as King Nicholas Rises in Comic Opera Shadow
Montenegro’s Nicholas Petrovitch Njegos, born 1841, rises to kingship amid Balkan jokes about a comic opera regime. He governs like a strict father, detests Turks and Austrians, values the army, and proclaims Montenegro the prettiest country with exports including daughters married to European royalty.
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