Vanished Kingdoms av Norman Davies

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<p>From Norman Davies, the acclaimed author of <i>Europe: A History</i>, comes the magical history of Europe''s lost realms, selected as a Book of the Year by the <i>Sunday Times</i>, <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, <i>New Statesman</i>, <i>Independent</i>, <i>Guardian</i> and <i>Financial Times</i>.<br><br>Europe''s history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age. What happened to the once-great Mediterranean ''Empire of Aragon''? Where did the half-forgotten kingdoms of Burgundy go? Which current nations will one day become a distant memory too? This original and enthralling book peers through the cracks of history to discover the stories of lost realms across the centuries.<br><br>''Dazzling, provocative and brilliant'' Dominic Sandbrook, <i>Sunday Times</i>, Books of the Year <br><br> ''A luminous account ... there are few better ways of understanding the multilayered splendours and horrors of