The Middle Kingdoms

'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator

'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph

_The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs_

Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it ha ...