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First published in 1922, this book contains D. W. Low's English translation of the Slavic ballads concerning Prince Marko, a fourteenth-century king in the Balkans region. The text is introduced with a biography of the historical Marko, a brief history of Slav and Serbian folk poetry, as well as information on how the poem would have been performed originally by bards. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in folklore, epic poetry or the history of the Balkans.