
Weaving historical fact, mythic tales & contemporary voices, Princes Amongst Men recounts a Balkan odyssey in search of the secret history & culture of Europe's greatest musicians
- the Roma Gypsies. On his wild & affectionate Journey, Garth Cartwright wanders through the ruins of post-Communist Serbia & observes Roma refugees from the Kosovo conflict. He attends a Gypsy wedding in Macedonia, conveys the tragedy of Romania in the aftermath of Ceaucescu, scours Skopie for opium, charts the Euro-Asian beauties so prominent in Bulgaria, almost marries a Gypsy princess in Kocani & witnesses the flery celebrations that mark Ederiezi, the Night of the Gypsies, In an impoverished Bulgarian Gypsy ghetto. Cartwright's engagement with Gypsy communities bypasses cliche & overturns prejudice to return with the true story of the Gypsies' Balkan blues.