Vanished kingdoms : the rise and fall of states and nations
Title:
Vanished kingdoms : the rise and fall of states and nations
Author:
Davies, Norman, 1939-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xvii, 830 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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) -- CCCP : The Ultimate Vanishing Act (1924-1991) -- How States Die.
ISBN:
9780670022731
Format :
Book
