Vanished Kingdoms The Rise and Fall of States and Nations Hardcover - 2012
by Davies, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
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Details
- Title Vanished Kingdoms The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
- Author Davies, Norman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Pages 848
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking, New York
- Date 2012
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # HVD-28612-A-0
- ISBN 9780670022731 / 067002273X
- Weight 2.6 lbs (1.18 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.7 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 4.32 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Europe - History, Military, Europe - Historical geography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011035948
- Dewey Decimal Code 940
Summary
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.
