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Vanished Kingdoms : the Rise and Fall of States and Nations by Davies, Norman, 1939- author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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xvii, 830 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm, Chronicles the history of fourteen lost European kingdoms and what their stories can teach the modern world, providing narrative accounts of the rise and fall of nations ranging from Tolosa to the Soviet Union, \"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin ... 2012\"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references (pages 740-789) and index, Tolosa : soujourn of the Visigoths (AD 418-507) -- Alt Clud : Kingdom of the Rock (fifth to twelfth centuries) -- Burgundia : five, six, or seven kingdoms (c. 411-1795) -- Aragon : a Mediterranean empire (1137-1714) -- Litva : a grand duchy with kings (1253-1795) -- Byzantion : the star-lit golden bough (330-1453) -- Borussia : watery land of the Prusai (1230-1945) -- Sabaudia : The house that Humbert built (1033-1946) -- Galicia : kingdom of the naked and starving (1773-1918) -- Etruria : French snake in the Tuscan grass (1801-14) -- Rosenau : the loved and unwonted legacy (1826-1918) -- Tsernagora : Kingdom of the Black Mountain (1910-1918) -- Rusyn : the republic of one day (15 March 1939) -- Éire : The unconscionable tempo of the Crown's retreat (1916-2011)
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- Author
- Davies, Norman, 1939- author
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Penguin Books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101630822
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Military History
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (49 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14