{"product_id":"vanished-kingdoms-the-rise-and-fall-of-states-and-nations-9780670022731","title":"Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise  maturity  and eventual disappearance. There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europes 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652940652597,"sku":"ByrdShop_067002273X","price":29.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780670022731.jpg?v=1781853868","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vanished-kingdoms-the-rise-and-fall-of-states-and-nations-9780670022731","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}