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Robert Wilton (author)
Robert Wilton (born 22 February 1973) is a British-Kosovan writer. He has spent much of his life in the Balkans, including as an advisor to the prime minister of Kosovo and as a Deputy Ambassador for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. As a writer he is known for his ''Comptrollerate-General'' series of historical novels, for the first of which he was awarded the Historical Writers' Association Crown. Personal life and career Robert Wilton grew up in the south-east of England. He attended Whitgift School, in Croydon, and read History at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1995 he joined the UK Ministry of Defence, where he held a variety of posts including as a Private Secretary to three Secretaries of State (the Labour politicians Des Browne, John Hutton and Bob Ainsworth). His Civil Service career also included stints in the Cabinet Office and Foreign & Commonwealth Office. In 2006, the new Prime Minister of Kosovo, Agim Çeku, asked the British Government fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wilton may refer to: Places Australia * Wilton, New South Wales, a small town near Sydney Canada * Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472, Saskatchewan England * Wilton, Cumbria *Wilton, Herefordshire **Wilton Castle *Wilton, Ryedale, North Yorkshire *Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire **Wilton Castle (Redcar and Cleveland) **Wilton International *Wilton, Somerset, a suburb of Taunton *Wilton, Wiltshire, a town near Salisbury **Wilton Abbey **Wilton House *Wilton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, a hamlet in Grafton parish near Marlborough ** Wilton Windmill Ireland *Wilton, Cork, a suburb of Cork City * Wilton, County Offaly, a townland in Kilmanaghan civil parish, barony of Kilcoursey New Zealand * Wilton, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington Scotland *Wilton, Scottish Borders United States *Wilton, Alabama, a town *Wilton, Arkansas, a town *Wilton, California, a town *Wilton, Connecticut, a town *Wilton, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Wilton, Iowa, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
