Gideon Defoe

Broschiertes Buch

An Atlas of Extinct Countries

The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map

Beschreibung

An Atlas of Extinct Countries

Autor

Gideon Defoe

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Collins Publ. UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 111mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780008393908
• ISBN-10: 0008393907
• Artikelnr.: 60479705

Rezensionen

'This entertaining atlas of nations that fell off the map is a joyously compiled catalogue of chancers, conmen, madmen, mistakes, lies and far fetches schemes that laid waste the genuine hopes of a nation or exploded the overreaching ambitions of bombastic megalomaniac ... a riot of revisionist history and political ambition' Traveller Magazine

'A whirlwind tour through the pleasingly oddball tales of history's also-rans ... If you're looking for a delightful stocking stuffer for the travel and history aficionado in your life, look no further' Frommers

'This entertaining atlas of nations that fell off the map is a joyously compiled catalogue of chancers, conmen, madmen, mistakes, lies and far fetches schemes that laid waste the genuine hopes of a nation or exploded the overreaching ambitions of bombastic megalomaniac ... a riot of revisionist history and political ambition' Traveller Magazine

'A whirlwind tour through the pleasingly oddball tales of history's also-rans ... If you're looking for a delightful stocking stuffer for the travel and history aficionado in your life, look no further' Frommers