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The once-weres and could-have-beens of Europe

posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2014 by derek 1 Comment

THE ONCE-WERES AND COULD-HAVE-BEENS OF EUROPE Vanished Kingdoms—The History of Half-forgotten Europe Norman Davies. London: Allen Lane, 2011. 800 pp, £30 hob When I visited the Naval Museum in Madrid several years ago, I took away as a souvenir a facsimile of a coloured 1756 naval manual illustration entitled Banderas que las naciones arbolan en… Continue reading →