{"product_id":"9781101545348","title":"Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations","description":"\u003cb\u003e An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise,  maturity, and eventual disappearance.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed  with unexpected insights. \u003ci\u003eVanished Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to all  fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from readers of  Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Publications International, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134043177200,"sku":"9781101545348","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101545348_p0.jpg?v=1763687382","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101545348","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}