Mercia Macdermott

Mercia MacDermott has a long-standing association with Bulgaria; she was chairman of the Society for Friendship with Bulgaria (now the British-Bulgarian Friendship Society) from 1957 to 1973 and taught English in Bulgaria for over six years before becoming a guest lecturer at Sofia University for a further ten. She is the author of A History of Bulgaria 1393-1885 (Allen and Unwin) and three biographies of Bulgarian national figures: The Apostle of Freedom (Allen and Unwin), Freedom or Death and...See more

Mercia MacDermott has a long-standing association with Bulgaria; she was chairman of the Society for Friendship with Bulgaria (now the British-Bulgarian Friendship Society) from 1957 to 1973 and taught English in Bulgaria for over six years before becoming a guest lecturer at Sofia University for a further ten. She is the author of A History of Bulgaria 1393-1885 (Allen and Unwin) and three biographies of Bulgarian national figures: The Apostle of Freedom (Allen and Unwin), Freedom or Death and For Freedom and Perfection (Journeyman Press). See less