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9780143122951

Vanished Kingdoms The Rise and Fall of States and Nations

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    9780143122951

  • ISBN10:

    0143122959

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-11-27
  • Publisher: Penguin Books

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From the bestselling author of Europe: A Historycomes a uniquely ambitious masterpiece that will thrill fans of lost civilizations While Germany, Italy, France, and England dominate our conceptions of Europe, these modern states are relatively recent constructs. In this brilliant work of historical reconstruction, Norman Davies brings back to life the long-forgotten empire of Aragon, which once controlled the Western Mediterranean; the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, once the largest country in Europe, and the Kingdom of the Rock, founded by ancient Britons when neither England nor Scotland existed. In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, Davies subverts our established view of the past and urges us to reconsider the impetus for the rise and fall of nations.

Author Biography

Norman Davies is the bestselling author of several acclaimed books, including Europe: A History; Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw; and No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939–1945. He lives in Oxford, England, and Cracow, Poland.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. viii
List of Figuresp. xiv
List of Mapsp. xv
Introductionp. 1
Tolosa: Soujourn of the Visigoths (AD 418-507)p. 13
Alt Clud: Kingdom of the Rock (Fifth to Twelfth Centuries)p. 33
Burgundia: Five, Six or Seven Kingdoms (c. 411-1795)p. 85
Aragon: A Mediterranean Empire (1137-1714)p. 151
Litva: A Grand Duchy with Kings (1253-1795)p. 229
Byzantion: The Star-lit Golden Bough (330-1453)p. 309
Borussia: Watery Land of the Prusai (1230-1945)p. 325
Sabaudia: The House that Humbert Built (1033-1946)p. 395
Galicia: Kingdom of the Naked and Starving (1773-1918)p. 439
Etruria: French Snake in the Tuscan Grass (1801-1814)p. 491
Rosenau: The Loved and Unwanted Legacy (1826-1918)p. 539
Tsernagora: Kingdom of the Black Mountain (1910-1918)p. 575
Rusyn: The Republic of One Day (15 March 1939)p. 621
Éire: The Unconscionable Tempo of the Crown's Retreat since 1916p. 635
CCCP: The Ultimate Vanishing Act (1924-1991)p. 687
How States Diep. 729
Notesp. 740
Acknowledgementsp. 791
Indexp. 793
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