An Atlas of Extinct Countries
The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations That Fell off the Map
$24.71
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2020
Summary
Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist.
‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’
Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by accident, and sometimes it’s because they were so ludicrous they didn’t deserve to exist in the first pl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008393854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008393850 |
| Author: | Gideon Defoe |
| Publisher: | Harpercollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 141mm x 209mm |
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Critics Review
‘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
Gideon Defoe
Gideon Defoe is the author of The Pirates! book series, and wrote the screenplay for the Oscar nominated Aardman film The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists. He has written about how animals have sex and penned a computer game tie-in novel for Gollancz because he is bad at staying on brand. He does film development work with Locksmith Animation, Studio Canal and is developing a sitcom with BBC studios.
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