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The Imposter King: Throat Slashed, Identity Lost, Nation Born
A pale stranger arrives on a Montenegrin ridge, rumors of "Peter the Third" unite clans into one ruler - what did it cost him?
The Imposter King: Throat Slashed, Identity Lost, Nation Born
In this episode we follow how an anonymous healer from Maine became the center of a political experiment in Montenegro, how rumors and power filled the vacuum left by a bishop's death, and how competing empires watched the experiment unfold. What choices did Šćepan Mali make to hold people together, and at what price?
Person: Šćepan Mali
Date: 22 September 1773
Location: Donji Brčeli monastery; Montenegro…
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