Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations

Davies, Norman

ISBN 10: 067002273X / ISBN 13: 9780670022731

Published by Viking, London, 2012

About this Item

Condition: New; Hardcover in New dust jacket; 860 pages; 32 pages of color and monochrome illustrations. 14 figures. 74 maps.
Highlights key States that once existed in Europe but vanished, such as he Kingdom & Duchies of Burgundy; Latvia; Prussia/Germany, Galicia; Rosenau; Eire/Ireland; C.C.C.P. (USSR) & more.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1778999629723

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
• Publisher: Viking, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067002273X
• ISBN 13: 9780670022731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.15W x 25.4H x 5.08D centimeters 17.15 centimeters width by 25.4 centimeters height by 5.08 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1183.876 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • 1500-1700
  • Random
  • Europe
  • 1914-present
  • Politics
  • 1700-1912
  • Non-Fiction Books
  • 800-1500

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Synopsis

An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance.

There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names may be unfamiliar-Aragon, Etruria, the Kingdom of the Two Burgundies-their stories should change our mental map of the past. We come across forgotten characters and famous ones-King Arthur and Macbeth, Napoleon and Queen Victoria, right up to Stalin and Gorbachev-and discover how faulty memory can be, and how much we can glean from these lost empires. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind.

This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdoms will appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from readers of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.

About the Author

Norman Davies is a supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society, and Professor Emeritus at London University. His books include Europe: A History (a New York Times Notable Book), The Isles: A History, and the definitive history of Poland, God’s Playground.