Lakes and Empires in Macedonian HistoryLakes and Empires in Macedonian History: Contesting the Waters tells the story of Psarades, a lakeside village in Macedonian Greece on the shores of the Prespa lake. This village, which is in many ways a completely typical Greek settlement and yet remains unconventional in its way of life, embodies the many contradictions of modern history. In exploring its roots, James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers skilfully uncover the wider social, cultural, and